擒
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Translingual
Han character
擒 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 手人卜月 (QOYB), four-corner 58027, composition ⿰扌禽)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 458, character 25
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12816
- Dae Jaweon: page 807, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1961, character 2
- Unihan data for U+64D2
Chinese
| trad. | 擒 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 擒 | |
| alternative forms | 㩒 捦 扲 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 擒 |
|---|
| Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 貪 | *kʰl'uːm |
| 嗿 | *l̥ʰuːmʔ |
| 僋 | *l̥ʰuːms, *luːms |
| 酓 | *qʰɯːm, *qlamʔ, *qlɯːms |
| 馠 | *qʰɯːm |
| 谽 | *qʰɯːm |
| 唅 | *qʰɯːm, *ɡɯːms |
| 含 | *ɡɯːm |
| 肣 | *ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ |
| 頷 | *ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ |
| 筨 | *ɡɯːm |
| 梒 | *ɡɯːm |
| 鋡 | *ɡɯːm |
| 莟 | *ɡɯːmʔ, *ɡɯːms |
| 琀 | *ɡɯːms |
| 浛 | *ɡɯːms |
| 盦 | *qɯːm, *qaːb |
| 韽 | *qɯːm, *qrɯːms |
| 玪 | *krɯːm |
| 妗 | *qʰrɯːm, *kʰjam, *qʰlɯːm, *ɡrɯms |
| 欦 | *qʰrɯːmʔ, *qʰram, *kʰlam, *kʰlamʔ, *qʰlɯːm |
| 黔 | *ɡram, *ɡrɯm |
| 鈐 | *ɡram |
| 鳹 | *ɡram |
| 雂 | *ɡram, *ɡrɯm |
| 念 | *nɯːms |
| 梣 | *sɡɯm, *sɡrɯm |
| 枔 | *sɢrɯm |
| 岑 | *sɡrɯm |
| 笒 | *sɡrɯm, *ɡrɯms |
| 涔 | *sɡrɯm |
| 侺 | *ɡjɯms |
| 今 | *krɯm |
| 黅 | *krɯm |
| 衿 | *krɯm |
| 衾 | *kʰrɯm |
| 坅 | *kʰrɯmʔ |
| 搇 | *kʰrɯms |
| 琴 | *ɡrɯm |
| 禽 | *ɡrɯm |
| 芩 | *ɡrɯm |
| 庈 | *ɡrɯm |
| 耹 | *ɡrɯm |
| 靲 | *ɡrɯm |
| 擒 | *ɡrɯm |
| 檎 | *ɡrɯm |
| 紟 | *ɡrɯms |
| 吟 | *ŋɡrɯm, *ŋɡrɯms |
| 訡 | *ŋɡrɯm |
| 廞 | *qʰrɯm, *qʰrɯmʔ |
| 陰 | *qrɯm |
| 霠 | |
| 飲 | *qrɯmʔ, *qrɯms |
| 蔭 | *qrɯms |
| 廕 | *qrɯms |
| 矜 | *ɡrɯn, *ɡɯn, *kɯŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡrɯm) : semantic 扌 + phonetic 禽 (OC *ɡrɯm).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cín
- Wade–Giles: chʻin2
- Yale: chín
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyn
- Palladius: цинь (cinʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰin³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: kam4
- Yale: kàhm
- Cantonese Pinyin: kam4
- Guangdong Romanization: kem4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɐm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: gim
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ɢ(r)m/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɡrɯm/
Definitions
擒
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 爬 (“to climb”)
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 爬 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 爬 |
| Taiwan | 爬 | |
| Singapore | 爬 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 擒 |
| Hong Kong | 擒, 爬 | |
| Dongguan | 擒 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 爬 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 爬 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 爬啦 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 爬 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 𬦰 |
| Quanzhou | 𬦰 | |
| Zhangzhou | 𬦰 | |
| Tainan | 𬦰, 控 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 𬦰 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 𬦰 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 𬦰 | |
| Chaozhou | 𬦰 | |
| Shantou | 𬦰 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 𬦰 | |
| Haikou | 爬 | |
| Singapore (Hainanese) | 爬 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 爬 |
Compounds
- 一網成擒 / 一网成擒
- 一舉成擒 / 一举成擒
- 七擒七縱 / 七擒七纵 (qīqínqīzòng)
- 伏虎擒龍 / 伏虎擒龙
- 就擒 (jiùqín)
- 成擒
- 手到擒來 / 手到擒来 (shǒudàoqínlái)
- 捉虎擒蛟
- 擒伏
- 擒奸摘伏
- 擒姦擿伏 / 擒奸擿伏
- 擒姦討暴 / 擒奸讨暴
- 擒抱
- 擒拿 (qínná)
- 擒捉
- 擒服
- 擒獲 / 擒获 (qínhuò)
- 擒盜 / 擒盗
- 擒縱 / 擒纵
- 擒虎拿蛟
- 擒賊擒王 / 擒贼擒王 (qínzéiqínwáng)
- 擒賊擒首 / 擒贼擒首
- 擒龍縛虎 / 擒龙缚虎
- 束手就擒 (shùshǒujiùqín)
- 欲擒故縱 / 欲擒故纵 (yùqíngùzòng)
- 生擒 (shēngqín)
- 生擒活拿
- 生擒活捉 (shēngqín huózhuō)
- 韓擒虎 / 韩擒虎
- 餓虎擒羊 / 饿虎擒羊
Japanese
Alternative forms
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 擒 |
| とりこ Hyōgai |
| kun'yomi |
Kanji
擒
Readings
- Go-on: ごん (gon)←ごん (gon, historical)←ごむ (gomu, ancient)
- Kan-on: きん (kin)←きん (kin, historical)←きむ (kimu, ancient)
- Kun: とらえる (toraeru, 擒える)←とらへる (toraferu, 擒へる, historical)、とりこ (toriko, 擒)
Etymology
Originally a compound of 取り (tori, “taking, capturing”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 取る (toru), “to take, to capture”) + 子 (ko, “child; small thing”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
Usage notes
Also used metaphorically, such as 恋の擒 (koi no toriko, literally “love's slave”).
References
Korean
Hanja
擒 • (geum) (hangeul 금, revised geum, McCune–Reischauer kŭm, Yale kum)
Vietnamese
Han character
擒: Hán Việt readings: cầm[1][2][3][4][5]
擒: Nôm readings: cầm[1][2]