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抑

抑 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

形声。「手」+音符「印」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

repress, well, now, in the first place, push, shove, press, seal, do in spite of

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ヨクJHS
Kun (native)
  • おさ(える)JHS
Other languages
  • 拼音yi4
  • 한글eog
  • Hán-ViệtỨc

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+6291

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌卬

Words using this kanji

  • 抑制よくせい抑圧し制止すること。おしとどめること。control, restraint, suppression, constraint
  • 抑えおさえ「おさえ」の漢字表記。weight (e.g. paperweight), pressing down, keeping control, exercising authority
  • 抑えるおさえるto keep within limits (e.g. spending), to restrain (e.g. emotions), to control, to curb
  • 抑留よくりゅう外国の人や船などを、自国に拘束すること。 比較的短期の身体の拘束。internment, detainment, detention
  • 抑止よくし抑え付けてこと。何らかの行為をさまざまな手段によりさせないようにすること。食い止めること。keeping in check, holding back, deterrence, restraint
  • 抑圧よくあつ行動などを無理に押さえつけること。 不快な観念や衝動が意識に上る前に無意識のうちに押さえつけること。check, restraint, oppression, suppression
  • 抑そもそもin the first place, to begin with, from the start, originally
  • 抑揚よくよう音楽や発音などの調子の上げ下げや文章の勢いの高低。イントネーション。 時勢に対応して動くこと。intonation, accent, modulation, inflection
  • 抑そもafter all, anyway, actually, well, ...
  • 抑鬱よくうつ心がこと。気分が沈み、不快なこと。dejection, depression
  • 抑草よくそうweed suppression (by mulching, etc.)
  • 抑留者よくりゅうしゃdetainee
  • 抑留所よくりゅうじょdetention or internment camp
  • 抑止力よくしりょく相手が何かをしようとする際に思いとどまらせる力。deterrence, ability to deter (an attack, etc.)
  • 抑制性よくせいせいinhibitory, inhibiting, suppressor
  • 抑制剤よくせいざいinhibitor, depressant, suppressant, retardant
  • 抑揚格よくようかくiamb (in poetry), iambus, iambic
  • 抑止論よくしろんdeterrence theory
  • 抑止信号よくししんごうinhibiting signal
  • 抑うつ症よくうつしょうclinical depression, depressive disorder

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-4
Four Corner
5702.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c4.12
Heisig
1835
Nelson
1851