Readings

Kana: カク、つか.む、つか.まえる、つか.まる
Romaji: kaku, tsuka.mu, tsuka.maeru, tsuka.maru
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

catch, seize, grasp, hold, arrest, capture

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  64
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-3-8
Korean Reading:  gwig
Chinese Reading:  guai1
Unicode:  63b4
JIS:  444F

Indexes

Halpern Index: 690
Nelson Index: 1985
New Nelson Index: 2174
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3c11.6
Four Corner Index: 5600.0
Daikanwanjiten Index: 12572X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 5.0357
Remembering the kanji Index: 2249
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2354
Kodansha Kanji Index: 616

Words

掴む (つかむ)
to seize; to catch; to grasp; to grip; to grab; to hold; to catch hold of; to lay one's hands on; to clutch; to understand; to grasp; to comprehend
一掴み (ひとつかみ)
handful
捕まえる (つかまえる)
to catch; to arrest; to seize
掴み取り (つかみどり)
grabbing; taking (as much as one can hold) by the hand
掴み (つかみ)
grip
おぼれる者はわらをもつかむ (おぼれるものはわらをもつかむ)
A drowning man will catch at a straw
捕まる (つかまる)
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi); to be detained by
掴み取る (つかみとる)
to grasp; to get
掴み掛かる (つかみかかる)
to grab at
大づかみ (おおづかみ)
rough (estimate); generally
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