箝 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
- On
- カン・ケン
- Kun
- す.げる・くびかせ・はさ.む
- Meaning
- to clamp; to gag
Origin
Bamboo 竹 with abbreviated 拑 as phonetic: to grip between bamboo; also to stop the mouth.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 箝口令かんこうれい
a gag order
- 箝むはさむ
to clamp
Example
箝口令を敷いて口を封じる。
A gag order is laid and mouths are stopped.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)