擒

16 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

capture, a captive

Kun'yomi
  • とらえる
  • とりこ
    		captive ②victim (of love, etc.)
On'yomi
  • キン

Main Radical

手(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

とりこ 77.8%
キン 22.2%

Character Breakdown

capture, a captive
とりこ　キン　とら.える (Kentei 1)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
bird, captive, capture
キン　とり　とりこ (Kentei Pre-1)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
rare beast, strange, elegant
チ　リ
cruel, unfortunate, sad
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
villain, evil, bad luck
キョウ (7th, N1)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ　ゲ　おさ.める (Kentei 1)
open box enclosure, open box radical (no. 17)
カン (Kentei 1)
rump, footprint radical (no. 114)
ジュウ　ニュ　あしあと
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ　ケイ (Kentei 1)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ　ボウ　ム (Kentei 1)

Common Words

せい
生
きん
擒
capturing something alive
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References

Unicode hex code 64D2
JIS X 0208 1-58-2
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2008
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2289
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 12816X
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3c12.15
Four corner code 5802.7