How to write 擒, stroke by stroke
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What 擒 means
to capture
Ideographic: To catch 禽 by hand 扌; 禽 also provides the pronunciation
Words with 擒
- 束手就擒shù shǒu jiù qínlit. to submit to having one's hands tied and being taken prisoner (idiom); fig. to surrender without a fight
- 就擒jiù qínto be taken prisoner
- 擒获qín huòto apprehend; to capture; to seize
- 生擒shēng qínto capture alive
- 欲擒故纵yù qín gù zòngIn order to capture, one must let loose.; to loosen the reins only to grasp them better
- 手到擒来shǒu dào qín láistretch a hand and grab it (idiom); very easy
- 擒贼擒王qín zéi qín wáng(idiom) to defeat the enemy by capturing their leader
- 擒人节qín rén jié(jocular) Valentine's Day, referring to the rising number of extramarrital affairs being discovered on that day