扼

Information about character(s)

Radical: 手
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 4
Total Strokes: 7
Variants: 㧖搤

Pronunciation

Pinyin: è
Cantonese: aa1 aak1 ak1
JapaneseKun: OSAERU
JapaneseOn: AKU YAKU
Korean: AYK
Vietnamese: ách

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: grasp, clutch; choke, strangle

CE-Dict: to grip forcefully/to clutch at/to guard/to control/to hold

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to repress; to restrain; to control
2.to clutch; to grasp; to grip
3.to hold and defend

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: clutch; grip; guard

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: clutch; grip; guard

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】扼
【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤乙革切。同㧖。【前漢·李陵傳】力扼虎，射命中。又【正韻】與軛通。【莊子·馬蹄篇】加之以衡扼。本作搹。詳㧖字註。

CF-Dict: saisir/empoigner/prendre/garder/défendre/contrôler