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Character Decomposition
掐=扌+臽
Etymology
hand
Meanings
to pick (flowers)
to pinch
to nip
to pinch off
to clutch
(slang) to fight
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Words with 掐 23 total
to count with one's fingers · on the spot calculation掐算qiā suànto nip off (with fingernails etc) · (fig.) to cut off (supply etc) · to disconnect掐断qiā duàn(of dogs, roosters etc) to fight; to tussle · (of people) to have an altercation with sb (physical or verbal)掐架qiā jiàto throttle · to choke to death掐死qiā sǐto use a stopwatch掐表qiā biǎoto seize by the throat掐脖子qiā bó zi
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