# 控 — Abstain

Frequency rank 1261 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 乃 (From), less common than 託 (Consign).

- On’yomi: こう
- Kun’yomi: ひか
- Radical: 手 Hand (Kangxi 64)
- Frequency path: Level X of XX

Fingers on the left, with a hole and an umbrella on the right — your fingers hold an umbrella over a hole, abstaining from falling in by staying back.

In words:

- 控える ひかえる — to draw in;to hold back;to make notes;to be temperate in
- 控室 ひかえしつ — waiting room
- 控除 こうじょ — subsidy;deduction

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