雁字搦め (がんじがらめ) — binding (someone) hand and foot, being tied down (by rules, obligations | Kakuso

Vocabulary

Meaning

binding (someone) hand and foot being tied down (by rules obligations

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Character: 1/4

Stroke: 1/0

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Component Analysis

binding (someone) hand and foot, being tied down (by rules, obligations...

がんじがらめ

雁

かり, かりがね, ガン

厂

wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)

かりがね, カン

倠

亻

( 人 ) radical number 9

隹

bird, old bird radical (no. 172)

とり, サイ, スイ

亻

( 人 ) radical number 9

字

character, letter, word...

あざ, あざな, ジ

宀

shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)

冖

wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)

子

child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM...

搦

bind, tie, approx.

から.める, -がら.み, ジャク

扌

( 手 ) hand, hand radical (no. 64)

弱

よわ.い, よわ.る, ジャク

𢎥

弓

bow, bow (archery, violin)

ゆみ, キュウ

二

two, two radical (no. 7)

ふた, ふた.つ, ニ

𢎥

弓

bow, bow (archery, violin)

ゆみ, キュウ

二

two, two radical (no. 7)

ふた, ふた.つ, ニ

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