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kidnap
Stroke count: 8

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JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. kidnapRtK
    私はエイリアンに誘拐されていた。I was abducted by aliens.tatoeba
    検察側は被告が子供を誘拐したと激しく非難した。The prosecution condemned the defendant for kidnapping a child.tatoeba
  2. falsify

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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finger · fingers · mouth (口) · sword (刀) · dagger (刀)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 708

Compound words

誘拐ゆうかい
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
拐うさらう
to carry off
拐引かいいん
carrying off by deception
拐取かいしゅ
abduction
拐帯かいたい
absconding with money
拐かすかどわかす
to kidnap
誘拐罪ゆうかいざい
(the crime of) kidnapping (kidnaping)
誘拐犯ゆうかいはん
kidnapper
誘拐犯人ゆうかいはんにん
a kidnapper
略取誘拐罪りゃくしゅゆうかいざい
kidnapping

Additional Examples

私はエイリアンに誘拐されていた。
I was abducted by aliens.tatoeba
検察側は被告が子供を誘拐したと激しく非難した。
The prosecution condemned the defendant for kidnapping a child.tatoeba

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