8 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

Latin, kidnap, crush

Kun'yomi
  • らっする
  • to crush
  • くだ
On'yomi
  • ラツ
  • ロウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

99.6%
ひし 0.4%

Character Breakdown

Latin, kidnap, crush
ラ ひし.ぐ ラツ (11th)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ リツ たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)

Common Words

taking captive
abduction and confinement (esp. unlawful)
abduction issue (esp. of those Japanese abducted by North Korea)
to kidnap ②to force to go to (e.g. an event)
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References

Unicode hex code 62C9
JIS X 0208 1-57-39
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1867
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2109
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 372
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 279
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 696
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 11946
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1301
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3c5.2
Four corner code 5001.8