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掣 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「手」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「手」
On
セイ・セツせい・せつ · sei · setsu
Kun
ひ.くhi.ku
Meaning
to restrain

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Hand 手 with 制 as phonetic: to pull back and hold in check.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 掣肘せいちゅう

    restraint; interference

  • 牽制けんせい

    keeping in check

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

上(うえ)からの掣肘(せいちゅう)で手(て)が出(だ)せなかった。

Restraint from above kept them from acting.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

牽制牽制掣肘掣制system牽to pul…肘elbow挘to plu…拿to sei…挈to car…搤to gri…搴to pul…泄to lea…穽a pitf…砌the st…洒to was…浙Zhejia…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 手Map of reading セイAll maps

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