擒 (qín) — to capture; to catch; to seize
Definition
verb
to captureto catchto seize
Easily confused
- 禽qínlook-alikebirds, fowl (used as a bound form in compounds)
- 琴qínsound-alikeguqin (ancient Chinese zither)
- 勤qínsound-alikediligent, hardworking
- 秦qínsound-alikeQin dynasty (221-206 BC, the first imperial dynasty of China)
- 嗪qínsound-alikeused in phonetic transcription -xine, -zine or -chin
- 芹qínsound-alikecelery (bound form; used in compounds such as 芹菜)
Examples
- 擒。Tā qín zhù le xiǎo tōu.He caught the thief.
- 。Shì bīng qín huò le dí rén.The soldier captured the enemy.
- 擒。Zhè jiàn shì duì tā lái shuō zhēn shì shǒu dào qín lái.This matter is really a piece of cake for him.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
The left part 扌 is a hand, written in full as 手, so the character shows an action done with the hand; the right part 禽 gives its sound.
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