抔 Stroke Order

抔 [póu] 1. 用手捧东西。 To hold something in one's hands. 例如: 抔饮（双手捧水而饮）。 For example: pou yin (to drink water cupped in both hands). 2. 量词，指土、沙一类的东西。 A measure word for things like soil or sand. 例如: 一～土。 For example: one [póu] of soil. 动词： 本义: 用手捧 Main meaning: To hold with hands. 造字法: 本作“捊”。形声。从手，不声。 Character formation: Originally written as "捊". Phono-semantic compound, with "hand" as the semantic component and no phonetic component. 引： 《礼记·礼运》：污尊而抔饮。注:“手掬之也。” From "The Book of Rites": Dirtied the vessel and drank with cupped hands. Note: "To scoop with hands." 例： 又如: 抔饮 (以手掬水而饮); 抔土 (抓土; 一捧之土。极言甚少) For example: pou yin (to drink with cupped hands); pou tu (to grab soil; a handful of soil, meaning very little). 量词： 相当于“捧”、“把”、“握” Measure word: Equivalent to "cupping," "holding," "grasping." 引： 1. 《史记·张释之冯唐列传》：假令愚民取长陵一抔土，陛下何以加其法乎？ From "Records of the Grand Historian": Suppose the ignorant people take a handful of soil from Changling, what would Your Majesty add to the law? 2. 黄花冈上一抔土。—— 孙文《黄花冈七十二烈士事略》序 On Huanghua Hill, a handful of soil. — Sun Yat-sen, Preface to "The Brief History of the Seventy-Two Martyrs of Huanghua Hill." 例： 又如: 一抔米 For example: one handful of rice.