押
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Origin of the character
形声。「手」+音符「甲」。「おす」を意味する漢語｛壓｝を表す字。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Meaning
push, stop, check, subdue, attach, seize, weight, shove, press, seal, do in spite of
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- オウHS
- Kun (native)
- お(す)JHS
- お(し)〜
- お(っ)〜
- お(さえる)JHS
- おさ(える)JHS
- Nanori (used in names)
- おし
- おす
- おや
- Other languages
- 拼音ya1
- 拼音ya2
- 한글ab
- 한글gab
- Hán-ViệtÁp
Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.
Basics
- Strokes
- 8 strokes
- Radical
- 手(て)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Unicode
U+62BC
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌甲
Words using this kanji
- 押しおし「おし」参照。push, pushing, weight, pressure
- 押すおすto push, to thrust, to shove, to press (down)
- 押さえるおさえるおさえる 参照to pin down, to hold down, to press down, to hold in place
- 押し出しおしだしpushing something out, extrusion, presence, appearance
- 押し入るおしいるto push in, to force into, to break in (e.g. into a house), to intrude
- 押し入りおしいりbreaking into, burglar
- 押収おうしゅう裁判所や捜査機関が証拠物などを差し押さえて取り上げること。seizure, confiscation
- 押し切るおしきるto overcome (opposition), to push past, to force one's way, to press and cut
- 押し込むおしこむ「おしこむ」の漢字表記。to push into, to cram into, to stuff into, to crowd into
- 押し付けるおしつけるおしつけるの漢字表記。to press against, to push against, to force against, to foist on (task, responsibility)
- 押し問答おしもんどう互いに自分の意見を主張し合い譲らないこと。arguing back and forth, bandying words, verbal tug-of-war
- 押し売りおしうり「おしうり」の漢字表記。high-pressure selling, aggressive peddling, the hard sell, high-pressure salesman
- 押入れおしいれ「おしいれ」の漢字表記。closet (built into the wall, usu. with sliding doors), (built-in) wardrobe
- 押しつぶすおしつぶすto crush, to squash, to flatten, to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.)
- 押し寄せるおしよせるto advance on, to close in, to march on, to descend on (the enemy)
- 押し上げるおしあげるto boost, to force up, to push up
- 押し出すおしだすto crowd out, to push out, to squeeze out, to start together
- 押し花おしばなpressed flower
- 押捺おうなつ印形を残すこと、押印、捺印。stamping, impressing, affixing a seal
- 押し切りおしきりstraw cutter, short mane, pressing and cutting
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Similar-looking kanji
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Lookup codes
- SKIP
1-3-5- Four Corner
5605.0- Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c5.5- Heisig
- 1195
- Nelson
- 1885