擒 — Chinese character
擒
qín
to arrest, to capture, to seize
- Pinyin
- qín
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 扌 禽
- Formation
- ideographic — To catch 禽 by hand 扌; 禽 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 擒 as a kanji
Common words with 擒
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 生擒 | shēng qín | to capture alive |
| 擒获 (擒獲) | qín huò | to apprehend; to capture |
| 束手就擒 | shù shǒu jiù qín | (lit.) to submit to having one's hands tied and being taken prisoner (idiom); (fig.) to surrender without a fight |
| 手到擒来 (手到擒來) | shǒu dào qín lái | stretch a hand and grab it (idiom); very easy |
| 欲擒故纵 (欲擒故縱) | yù qín gù zòng | In order to capture, one must let loose.; to loosen the reins only to grasp them better |
| 就擒 | jiù qín | to be taken prisoner |
| 擒贼擒王 (擒賊擒王) | qín zéi qín wáng | (idiom) to defeat the enemy by capturing their leader |
擒 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Art of War 3
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.