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掎 — 11 strokes / Radical「扌」

道
1University / general (hardest) / 11 strokes / Radical「扌」
On
キき · ki
Kun
ひ.くhi.ku
Meaning
to pull back

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Hand 扌 with 奇 as phonetic: to hold back by pulling from one side.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 掎角きかく

    attacking from two sides at once

  • 牽制けんせい

    check; restraint

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

掎角の勢(いきお)いで敵(てき)を挟(はさ)み撃(う)ちにした。

They caught the enemy between two forces.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

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