EntryCommonJLPT N3
  1. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb

    to seize; to catch; to grasp; to grip; to grab; to clutch; to hold; to catch hold of; to lay one's hands on

    Usually written using kana alone

    だれかが私の腕をつかんだ。
    Somebody caught me by the arm.
  2. to obtain; to acquire; to get; to win; to capture

    Usually written using kana alone

  3. to understand; to grasp; to comprehend

    Usually written using kana alone

Also written 摑む【つかむ】攫む【つかむ】

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Characters in this word

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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