抑

Translingual

Han character

抑 (radical 64 手+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手竹女中 (QHVL), four-corner 5702₀)

1. press down, repress
2. curb, hinder

References

• KangXi: page 421, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11883
• Dae Jaweon: page 768, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1841, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6291

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Cantonese

Hanzi

抑 (Yale yik1)

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Japanese

Kanji

抑 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: よく (yoku)
• Kun: おさえる (osaeru)

Conjunction

抑 (hiragana そもそも, romaji somosomo)

1. in the first place, to begin with, at all (in a question)

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Korean

Hanja

抑 (hangeul 억, revised eok, McCune-Reischauer ŏk, Yale ek)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

抑 (pinyin yì (yi4), Wade-Giles i⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

抑 (ức, ực)