Kanji
N1 8 strokes Grade 8

Latin, kidnap, crush

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

hand te

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

taking captive; carrying away
abduction issue (esp. of those Japanese abducted by North Korea)
Dictionarium Latino Lusitanicum ac Iaponicum (1595 Latin-Portuguese-Japanese dictionary)
Lhasa (China)
abduction and confinement (esp. unlawful)
Paraguay
abduction victims; abductees
Iraq
Venezuela
Gibraltar

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to be crushed; to be squashed (flat)
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat)
to kidnap; to abduct
to crush; to squash
to crush

Example sentences

Today's topic is "the problem of Japanese people abducted by North Korea".

The box was crushed during transport and the contents flew out.

This boat sails through the Strait of Gibraltar.

We sometimes combine going for a drive with eating the ramen we love so.