攫 — hwak

Parts that make up 攫

How 攫 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 攫 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 手, 矍.

Korean example words with 攫

• 확박攫搏 Korean gloss: 움켜쥐고 후려갈김.
• 일확一攫 Korean gloss: 손쉽게 한 번에 얻음.
• 일확천금一攫千金 Korean gloss: 단번에 천금을 움켜쥔다는 뜻으로, 힘들이지 아니하고 단번에 많은 재물을 얻음을 이르는 말
• 확준되다攫浚 Korean gloss: 홱 갈겨져서 뺏기다.
• 확취하다攫取 Korean gloss: 홱 갈겨서 빼앗아 가지다.
• 확탈하다攫奪 Korean gloss: 홱 갈겨서 빼앗아 가지다.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 攫

• 一攫千金いっかくせんきん getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke
• 攫うさらう to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away
• 掻っ攫うかっさらう to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe
• 引っ攫うひっさらう to kidnap; to abduct; to snatch
• 一攫千金を夢見るいっかくせんきんをゆめみる to dream of making a fortune at one stroke; to dream of getting rich quickly
• 一攫千金を夢見る男いっかくせんきんをゆめみるおとこ Soldier of Fortune (1955 movie)

Characters sharing the phonetic 矍

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “확”

Other hanja with radical 手