Memory phrase for the character: 擒

擒

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Meaning to capture, catch, seize, arrest

Pronunciation

qín

Explanation

Left hand 扌, right: poultry 禽 (The image of a chicken coop with a ladder 禸 stands: for poultry)

Mnemonic
 
By hand the poultry can be: captured.

Radicals

扌 hand
禸 trackEtymologically this is derived from a trace, but is seen in the Hanzi-Trainer as the lower part of the insect 禺.
㐫 trash canAt the top a cover 亠 and below "fearful 㐫" which is free interpreted as "trash can".
离 to part from
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 Vocabulary

生擒 shēng qín  to capture alive
欲擒故纵 yù qín gù zòng  In order to capture, one must let loose.; to loosen the reins only to grasp them better
束手就擒 shù shǒu jiù qín  hands tied and waiting to be captured
束手就擒 shù shǒu jiù qín  

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