 | 扼 | ||
| grasp, clutch; choke, strangle | |||
| Radical | 手扌才 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 4 | Total Strokes | 7 |
| Mandarin reading | è | Cantonese reading | aa1 aak1 ak1 |
| Japanese on reading | aku yaku | Japanese kun reading | osaeru |
| Korean reading | ayk | Vietnamese reading | ách |
| Semantic Variant(s) | 㧖 搤 | ||
| 扼喉抚背 | [ è hoú fǔ beì ] lit. to strangle the front and press the back (idiom), fig. to occupy all key points (military) |
| 扼杀 | [ è shā ] to strangle, to throttle |
| 扼颈 | [ è jǐng ] to strangle, to throttle |
| 扼 | [ è ] variant of 扼[e4] |
| ⇒ 简明扼要 | [ jiǎn míng è yaò ] brief and to the point (idiom), succinct |