擒(qín)

15 strokes

to capture

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Character information

Pinyin
qín
Meaning
to capture
Strokes
15
HSK level
—
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 擒 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰扌禽

To catch 禽 by hand 扌; 禽 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

扌shǒu禽qín

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 擒 step by step

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Words with 擒

Common words using 擒 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

jiù就qín擒

to be taken prisoner

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qín擒huò获

to apprehend; to capture; to seize

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shēng生qín擒

to capture alive

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shǒu手dào到qín擒lái来

stretch a hand and grab it (idiom); very easy

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qín擒zéi贼qín擒wáng王

(idiom) to defeat the enemy by capturing their leader

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shù束shǒu手jiù就qín擒

(lit.) to submit to having one's hands tied and being taken prisoner (idiom)

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yù欲qín擒gù故zòng纵

In order to capture, one must let loose.

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Related characters

From 擒’s common words

就获生手到来贼王

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