noun, takes する, transitive verb

  1. taking captive, carrying away, kidnapping, kidnaping, abduction.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
拉致 らち
拉致 らっち

Contained Kanji 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)
doth, do, send
チ いた.す (7th, N1)
climax, arrive, proceed
シ いた.る のぶ (6th, N1)
the fore-arm(厷) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)