Radical
Strokes
15
Residual strokes
12
Mandarin
qín
Teochew

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Radical
Residual strokes
12 strokes
Strokes
15 strokes
Mandarin
qín

Definitions by reading

kim5
Mandarin equivalent qín
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng kim5 Chaoyang kim5 Chenghai king5 Jieyang kim5 Raoping kim5 Shantou kim5
擒〈动〉
(形声。从手,禽声。本义:捕捉。古籍本作“禽”)
同本义 [capture;seize]
射人先射马,擒贼先擒王。――杜甫《前出塞》诗之六
又如:擒捕(捕捉);擒捉(捕捉);擒讨(擒获处治)
捉拿 [catch]
大敌之擒也。――《墨子·公输》
被擒不速死。――清·邵长蘅《青门剩稿》
又如:擒捉(捉拿);擒生(活捉敌人);擒捽(捉拿,逮捕)
拿 [hold]
肩上虽挑却柴担,手里兀自擒着书本。――《喻世明言》
擒奸讨暴
[capture troublemakers and fight evil-forces] 奸、暴:指坏人和豪强。谓讨伐、捉拿坏人与豪强
卿在郡以来,擒奸讨暴,百姓获安。――曹
擒qín捉:生~。~贼先~王。

捕捉:擒住
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English meaning

catch, capture, seize, arrest

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
群母 三等 開口 侵韵 平声 巨金切
Reconstruction:
Original

亦同。