控 — withdraw, draw in, hold back

ひかえ控 withdraw

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 11 strokes

U+63A7 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1000 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1415 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

withdraw
draw in
hold back
refrain from
be moderate

word

ひか hika Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

控(ひか) え hikae reserve 控(ひか) える hikaeru to refrain 控(ひか) えめ hikaeme moderate

こう kou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

控(こう) 訴(そ) kouso appeal 控(こう) 除(じょ) koujo deduction

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

扌 hand (left form)

そら空 sky

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