掎
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Meaning: drag
💡 Imagine a hand (扌) dragging a strange (奇) object sideways.
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Character Story & Explanation
掎 (jǐ) means 'to drag' or 'to pull from the side'. It is a rare character, formed with the hand radical 扌 indicating an action, and the phonetic component 奇 (qí). In ancient texts, it appears in the idiom 掎角之势 (jǐ jiǎo zhī shì), meaning 'to attack from two sides like horns', describing a pincer movement.
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