扼 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

command, dominate, prevent, obstruct

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ヤク
  • アク
Kun (native)
  • おさ(える)
Other languages
  • 拼音e4
  • 한글aeg
  • Hán-ViệtÁch

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+627C

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌厄

Words using this kanji

  • 扼殺やくさつ手で首を絞めて殺害すること。strangulation (with the hands or arms)
  • 扼すやくすto command, to dominate, to prevent, to obstruct
  • 扼死やくしdeath by strangulation
  • 扼痕やくこんmanual strangulation mark, throttling mark
  • 扼するやくするto command, to dominate, to prevent, to obstruct
  • 扼殺痕やくさつこんmanual strangulation mark, throttling mark

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(9 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-4
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5101.2
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3c4.20
Nelson
1842