Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), I-adjective (keiyoushi)

    hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle

    Usually written using kana alone

Also written 捕らえどころのない【とらえどころのない】捉え所のない【とらえどころのない】捕らえ所のない【とらえどころのない】

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Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

catch, capture

Kun
とら.える
On
ソクサク
Strokes
10
Taught
Junior high
Frequency
1976 of 2500
Radical
hand

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Dictionary and index codes (16)
CodeReference
1-3-7SKIP code
3c7.1The Kanji Dictionary
5608.1Four corner code
6349Unicode hex code
1-34-10JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1909Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2159New Nelson (John Haig)
433New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
518Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
391Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2260Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1374Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
12136Morohashi
1660Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
zhuo1Pinyin reading
chagKorean reading