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擒

qín

Character

What 擒 means

1. to capture

Words starting with 擒

• 擒获qín huòto apprehend; to capture; to seize
• 擒人节Qín rén jié(jocular) Valentine's Day, referring to the rising number of extramarrital affairs being…
• 擒贼擒王qín zéi qín wáng(idiom) to defeat the enemy by capturing their leader

Words containing 擒

• 就擒jiù qínto be taken prisoner
• 生擒shēng qínto capture alive
• 手到擒来shǒu dào qín láistretch a hand and grab it (idiom); very easy
• 束手就擒shù shǒu jiù qín(lit.) to submit to having one's hands tied and being taken prisoner (idiom)…
• 欲擒故纵yù qín gù zòngIn order to capture, one must let loose.; to loosen the reins only to grasp them better

Characters built on 禽

These share the phonetic component 禽 (qín), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 噙qínto hold in (usually refers the mouth or eyes)
• 檎qínused in 林檎

Characters that look like 擒

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 摘zhāito take; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to remove…
• 撞zhuàngto knock against; to bump into; to run into
• 撼hànto shake; to vibrate
• 擂léito pound (with a mortar and pestle); to hit (a person); to beat (a drum)…
• 撅juēto protrude; to stick out; to pout (also written 噘)
• 熵shāngentropy (character created in 1923)

Sounds the same

Read qín, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 琴guqin 古琴; musical instrument in general
• 勤diligent; industrious; hardworking; frequent; regular; constant; (bound form) work; duty…
• 禽(bound form) birds; fowl; (literary) birds and animals; old variant of 擒
• 噙to hold in (usually refers the mouth or eyes)
• 芹Chinese celery
• 嗪used in phonetic transcription -xine, -zine or -chin
• 螓small cicada with a square head
• 檎used in 林檎
• 芩Phragmites japonica
• 慬(literary) brave; worried; distressed
• 庈(person)
• 锓to carve