掣 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「手」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「手」
- On
- セイ・セツ
- Kun
- ひ.く
- Meaning
- to restrain
Origin
Hand 手 with 制 as phonetic: to pull back and hold in check.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 掣肘せいちゅう
restraint; interference
- 牽制けんせい
keeping in check
Example
上からの掣肘で手が出せなかった。
Restraint from above kept them from acting.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)