掐

Meaning

Kanji 掐

choke

choke, gather with hand, hold

Stroke Order

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Unicode code: U+6390

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
つま.む
Onyomi 音読み
キョウコウ
Nanori 名乗り
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Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
11
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
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Similar Kanji
陷 • 啗 • 萏 • 惂 • 淊 • 臽 • 焰

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

彼は相手の首を掐んだ。

He grabbed his opponent by the neck.

母は布の端を軽く掐んで持ち上げた。

My mother lightly pinched the edge of the cloth and lifted it.

落ちた豆を指で掐んで集めた。

I picked up the fallen beans with my fingers and gathered them.

彼女は私の袖を掐んで引き止めた。

She stopped me by holding the sleeve of my shirt.

子どもは指を掐みながら数を数えた。

The child counted the numbers using his fingers.