擒 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
- On
- キン
- Kun
- とら.える・とりこ
- Meaning
- to capture
Origin
Hand 扌 with 禽 as phonetic: to take alive.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 生擒せいきん
capturing alive
- 擒縦きんしょう
capturing and releasing at will
Example
敵将を生擒にして凱旋した。
They took the enemy general alive and returned in triumph.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)