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遏 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「辶」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「辶」
On
アツあつ · atsu
Kun
とど.める・と.めるtodo.meru · to.meru
Meaning
to check; to hold back

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

To go 辶 with 曷 as phonetic: to hold back what is moving.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 遏止あっし

    checking; suppressing

  • 遏めるとどめる

    to stop

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

勢(いきお)いを遏めるのは難(むずか)しい。

The momentum is hard to check.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

遏止遏止to sto…辷to sli…迚very迪a way迥far ap…迢far of…扎to pri…軋to cre…圧pressu…斡mediat…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 辶Map of reading アツAll maps

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