U+63B4 "掴" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+63B4 "掴" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to slap" or "to strike with the palm of the hand," often used in the context of a facial slap or a firm grip. It is composed of the hand radical (扌) on the left, which indicates an action involving the hand, and a phonetic component on the right that contributes to its pronunciation, typically read as "guó" in Mandarin. This character is commonly found in compound words like "掴掌" (guó zhǎng) meaning a slap on the face, and it appears in both traditional and simplified Chinese texts as well as in Japanese kanji usage, where it carries similar connotations of striking or seizing.