箝 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

insert, fit into, attach (a clog thong)

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カン
  • ケン
Kun (native)
  • す(げる)
  • くびかせ
  • はさ(む)
Other languages
  • 拼音qian2
  • 한글gyeom
  • Hán-ViệtKiềm

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
竹(たけ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+7B9D

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱𥫗拑

Words using this kanji

  • 箝口かんこう口をつぐんでものを言わないこと。 言論を縛ること。keeping silent, silence, restraining (speech), gagging
  • 箝口令をしくかんこうれいをしくto impose a gag order, to hush up, to order someone not to mention something

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(2 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-6-8
Four Corner
8857.5
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6f8.3
Nelson
3413