控 — refrain/hold back

JLPT N2 kanji · 11 strokes · on'yomi kou · kun'yomi hika·eru.

A hand (扌) holding back over an empty space (空) — refraining.

Example words

• 控える — hikaeru — to refrain/hold back
• 控除 — koujo — deduction

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