扼
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to grip forcefully; to clutch at; to guard; to control; to hold
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 手 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 扼
- Common rank
- #3,089
- Unicode
- U+627C
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
clutch · Heisig RSH #2446
fingers + cliff + fingerprint
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 扼
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 简明扼要 | brief and to the point (idiom); succinct | |
| 扼喉抚背 | lit. to strangle the front and press the back (idiom); fig. to occupy all key points (mili… | |
| 扼制 | to control; to restrain | |
| 扼死 | to strangle; to throttle; to stifle (opinions) | |
| 扼杀 | to strangle; to throttle | |
| 扼要 | to the point; concise | |
| 扼守 | to hold a pass; to guard (a strategic location) | |
| 扼襟控咽 | to secure a stranglehold (idiom); fig. to hold a strategic pass | |
| 扼颈 | to strangle; to throttle | |
| 扼腕 | to wring one's hands (literally wring one's wrists) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 厄 — compare how they read.