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RTK / HeisigFrame #709

pinch

Lv 36

Strokes: 14

JLPT: N1

Jōyō: Not Jōyō

Meanings

pinch RTKPluck

Community Mnemonic

841 votes

My grandma always pinched me with her fingers when i was playing with her antiques. Imagine her fingers, also quite antique, thin, bony and hard, pinching at your hand. "Keep your fingers away from my antiques!!"

Source: Kanji Koohii community

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