抓
zhuā HSK3

scratch

抓 zhuā
arrest verb
to seize or capture a person; to take into custody

警方已经在各路口布下埋伏，准备今晚抓人。

jǐng​fāng yǐ​jīng zài gè lù​kǒu bù​xià mái​fú, zhǔn​bèi jīn​wǎn zhuā rén.

The police have set up ambushes at various intersections, ready to make arrests tonight.

grab verb
to seize with the hand; to snatch or clutch

他伸手去抓那个飞来的球，可惜没能抓到。

tā shēn​shǒu qù zhuā nà​gè fēi​lái de qiú, kě​xī méi néng zhuā​dào.

He reached out to catch the flying ball, but unfortunately failed to grab it.

scratch verb
to scrape with the fingernails or claws

他的脸被猫抓了一下。

tā de liǎn bèi māo zhuā le yī xià.

His face was scratched by a cat.

Cross-References

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
992nd most common 163.7 per million
Movie subtitles
483rd most common 302.2 per million appears in 67% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
251.3 per million appears in 54% of films
Written text
110.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+6293

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)