掣

掣 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓手 (HNQ), four-corner 2250₂, composition ⿱制手)

• 𪷘, 𢳅

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 439, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12277
• Dae Jaweon: page 789, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1889, character 4
• Unihan data for U+63A3

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰjeds, *kʰjed) : phonetic 制 (OC *kjeds) + semantic 手 (“hand”).

掣

1. to pull; to tug; to drag
2. to hinder by pulling back; to draw
3. (literary) to flash past
4. (Southern Min) to shiver; to shake
5. (Southern Min) to be afraid; to be scared; to be frightened

   掣咧等 [Hokkien]  ―  chhoah teh tán [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to wait frightenedly

• (to shiver):

• (to be afraid):

掣

1. (Cantonese) button; push-button; switch; component for controlling device (Classifier: 粒 c; 個／个 c)

   電掣／电掣 [Cantonese]  ―  din⁶ zai³ [Jyutping]  ―  electrical switch

   停車掣／停车掣 [Cantonese]  ―  ting⁴ ce¹ zai³ [Jyutping]  ―  stop button (on a vehicle)

   緊急掣／紧急掣 [Cantonese]  ―  gan² gap¹ zai³ [Jyutping]  ―  emergency button

   左掣 [Cantonese]  ―  zo² zai³ [Jyutping]  ―  left [mouse] button

   1. (Cantonese) electrical switch (Classifier: 個／个 c)

      燈掣／灯掣 [Cantonese]  ―  dang¹ zai³ [Jyutping]  ―  light switch

      風扇掣／风扇掣 [Cantonese]  ―  fung¹ sin³ zai³ [Jyutping]  ―  switch of a fan

   2. (Cantonese, computing) key (on a keyboard); button (on a video game controller) (Classifier: 粒 c; 個／个 c)

      control掣 [Cantonese]  ―  control zai³ [Jyutping]  ―  control key

   3. (Cantonese, graphical user interface) button (Classifier: 粒 c; 個／个 c)

      交叉掣 [Cantonese]  ―  kaau¹ caa¹ zai³ [Jyutping]  ―  close button

   4. (Cantonese) pedal

      腳掣／脚掣 [Cantonese]  ―  goek³ zai³ [Jyutping]  ―  footbrake

   5. (Cantonese, specifically) brake pedal

• (switch):

• “掣”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “Entry #8374”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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• On (unclassified): せい (sei); せつ (setsu)
• Kun: ひく (hiku, 掣く)

掣 • (che, cheol) (hangeul 체, 철)

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掣: Hán Nôm readings: xiết, xế, xía, siết

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