Abstain

On’yomi: こう
Kun’yomi: ひか
Radical: 手 Hand (Kangxi 64)

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

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

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 inN1

控室ひかえしつ waiting roomN1

控除こうじょ subsidy;deductionN1

控 is rank 1261 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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