趁 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「走」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「走」
- On
- チン
- Kun
- お.う
- Meaning
- to pursue; to seize the moment
Origin
To run 走 with 㐱 as phonetic: to give chase; also to seize an opening.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 趁機ちんき
seizing the chance
- 趁うおう
to pursue
Example
機に趁じて事を起こす。
They seize the moment and set the thing going.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)