扼 — Chinese character
扼
è
to clutch, to grasp; to choke, to strangle
- Pinyin
- è
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 扌 厄
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 扌; sound component 厄
- Japanese
- 扼 as a kanji
Common words with 扼
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扼杀 (扼殺) | è shā | to strangle; to throttle |
| 扼要 | è yào | to the point; concise |
| 扼守 | è shǒu | to hold a pass; to guard (a strategic location) |
| 扼制 | è zhì | to control; to restrain |
| 简明扼要 (簡明扼要) | jiǎn míng è yào | brief and to the point (idiom); succinct |
| 扼死 | è sǐ | to strangle; to throttle |
| 扼腕 | è wàn | to wring one's hands (literally wring one's wrists) |
| 扼喉抚背 (扼喉撫背) | è hóu fǔ bèi | lit. to strangle the front and press the back (idiom); fig. to occupy all key points (military) |
| 扼襟控咽 | è jīn kòng yān | to secure a stranglehold (idiom); fig. to hold a strategic pass |
| 扼颈 (扼頸) | è jǐng | to strangle; to throttle |
English words written with 扼
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.