Kanji Detail for 扼 - "press, yoke"

扼

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
扼 means "press, yoke."
1. Press - To push down; to grasp.
2. Yoke - A crossbar placed on oxen or horses.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

command; dominate; prevent; obstruct

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

grasp, clutch; choke, strangle

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to grip forcefully; to clutch at; to guard; to control; to hold

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to clutch, to grasp; to choke, to strangle

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

To grasp. Such as 扼要,
Onyomi

aku(あく)

yaku(やく)
Kunyomi

o.saeru(おさえる)
Strokes

8 strokes
Radical

手扌 (te・tehen)
Related Keywords
press push grasp yoke crossbar placed oxen horses