qín
catch
Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 禽 represents the sound. Originally written as 禽, which is a pictograph of a net with a handle used for hunting.
Components
Evolution
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 擒
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to capture | ||
to apprehend | ||
hands tied and waiting to be captured | ||
In order to capture, one must let loose. | ||
to capture alive |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*C.ɢ(r)[ə]m | gim | qín | catch |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 1.8100% of movies
3048th most common character in movies
2850th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 15 |
Unicode | U+64D2 |
Sources
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