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擒 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
キンきん · kin
Kun
とら.える・とりこtora.eru · toriko
Meaning
to capture

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Hand 扌 with 禽 as phonetic: to take alive.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 生擒せいきん

    capturing alive

  • 擒縦きんしょう

    capturing and releasing at will

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

敵将(てきしょう)を生擒(いけどり)にして凱旋(がいせん)した。

They took the enemy general alive and returned in triumph.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

生擒擒縦擒生life縦vertic…扎to pri…扛to lif…扞to war…扠well…扨well…听pound忻to rej…矜to pri…紉to thr…衾a quil…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 扌Map of reading キンAll maps

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