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拑 — 8 strokes / Radical「扌」

道
1University / general (hardest) / 8 strokes / Radical「扌」
On
カン・ケンかん・けん · kan · ken
Kun
つぐ.むtsugu.mu
Meaning
to clamp; to silence

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Hand 扌 with 甘 as phonetic: to clamp so a thing cannot move.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 拑制かんせい

    restraint; gagging

  • 箝口令かんこうれい

    a gag order

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

言論(げんろん)を拑制してはならない。

Speech must not be muzzled.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

箝口令拑制箝口令箝口令拑令comman…制system口mouth箝to cla…扎to pri…扛to lif…扞to war…扠well…扨well…刋to cut丱child'…奸wicked旱drough…罕rare
CompoundRadicalReading

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