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拿

拿 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. つかむ、つかまえる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

会意。「手」を「合」わせつかまえるの意。「拏」の俗字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

catch, arrest

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ダ
  • ナ
Kun (native)
  • つか(む)
  • ひ(く)
Other languages
  • 拼音na2
  • 한글na
  • Hán-ViệtNã

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+62FF

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱合手

Words using this kanji

  • 拿捕だほとらえること。つかまえること。 （軍事）軍艦が、敵国や中立国の船舶を支配下におくこと。戦時中では禁制品の輸送や封鎖の侵破といった理由で行われた。capture (esp. of a foreign vessel), seizure

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-2-8
Four Corner
8050.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c5.30
Nelson
471