擜 (Chinese character)

It means “to strike” or “hit”; an older gloss says “grasp.”

A variant dictionary lists 㩵 as the standard form and 擜 as its variant; the Chinese character dictionary 玉篇 also gives “to grasp.” Both glosses describe a hand action.

擜’s record is mainly in dictionaries and later texts. The standard form 㩵 is absent from 說文解字, an early Chinese character dictionary, and appears in the Liang-era 玉篇 tradition, followed by rhyme dictionaries and handbooks. Historical-text indexes include examples from Northern Song, Ming, Qing, and later works; some are personal names or scan errors, so they show survival in texts, not a continuous change in meaning.

Should I send 擜 alone?

Only if the surrounding text makes the intended sense clear.

Alone, it could mean either “strike” or “grasp.” Use it when quoting a source or discussing historical Chinese, and add context when the action matters.