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抓 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
ソウそう · sō
Kun
つ.ねる・つ.める・つね.る・つま.むtsu.neru · tsu.meru · tsune.ru · tsuma.mu
Meaning
to pinch

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Hand 扌 with 爪 "claw" as phonetic: to nip with the nails.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 抓るつねる

    to pinch

  • 抓みつまみ

    a pinch; a knob

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

夢(ゆめ)かと思(おも)って頬(ほお)を抓(つね)ってみた。

Wondering if it was a dream, I pinched my cheek.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

抓扎to pri…扛to lif…扞to war…扠well…扨well…屮a spro…卅thirty匆in has…艸grass妝to ado…
RadicalReading
Map of radical 扌Map of reading ソウAll maps

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