Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'mu' ending

    to get the hang of; to learn the secret to

    Usually written using kana alone

Also written 骨を掴む【こつをつかむ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

catch, seize, grasp, hold, arrest, capture

Kun
つか.むつか.まえるつか.まる
On
カク
Strokes
11
Radical
hand

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Dictionary and index codes (14)
CodeReference
1-3-8SKIP code
3c11.6The Kanji Dictionary
5600.0Four corner code
63b4Unicode hex code
1-36-47JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1985Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2174New Nelson (John Haig)
690New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
616Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2249Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2354Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
12572XMorohashi
guo2, guai1Pinyin reading
gwigKorean reading