控
- On
- こう
- Kun
- ひか.える;ひか.え
- Stroke count
- 11
・withdraw
・draw in
・hold back
・refrain from
・be moderate
Japanese dictionary
Dictionary: “控える”
控える
ひかえる
to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number)
Example sentence
The teacher told the pupils to write those words down in their notebooks.
Kanji details