押

押 U+62BC, 押 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62BC ← 抻 [U+62BB] CJK Unified Ideographs 抽 → [U+62BD]

Translingual

Han character

押 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手田中 (QWL), four-corner 5605₀, composition ⿰扌甲)

Derived characters

• 𠶟

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 424, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11929
• Dae Jaweon: page 772, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1851, character 8
• Unihan data for U+62BC

Chinese

simp. and trad.		押

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (甲) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
笚	*ʔl'aːb, *ɡraːb
閘	*klaːb, *sɡreːb, *qraːb
鉀	*klaːb, *kraːb
甲	*kraːb
胛	*kraːb
岬	*kraːb
押	*kraːb, *qraːb
玾	*kraːb
呷	*qʰraːb
匣	*ɡraːb
狎	*ɡraːb
柙	*ɡraːb
翈	*ɡraːb
炠	*ɡraːb
鴨	*qraːb
庘	*qraːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kraːb, *qraːb) : semantic 扌 + phonetic 甲 (OC *kraːb).

Etymology

Cognate with 壓 (OC *qreːb) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yā (ya¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): aat³, aap³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): at¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ap
• Eastern Min (BUC): ák
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ah / ap

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ah⁴ / ab⁴

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷aq; ⁷khaq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yā
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ya
    • Wade–Giles: ya¹
    • Yale: yā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ia
    • Palladius: я (ja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aat³, aap³
    • Yale: aat, aap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aat⁸, aap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ad³, ab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːt̚³/, /aːp̚³/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

• • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: at¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /at̚³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ap
    • Hakka Romanization System: ab`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ab⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ap̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ák
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɑʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ah / ap
    • Tâi-lô: ah / ap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: aq, ab
    • IPA (Xiamen): /aʔ³²/, /ap̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /aʔ⁵/, /ap̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /aʔ³²/, /ap̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /aʔ³²/, /ap̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /aʔ³²/, /ap̚³²/

Note:

• ah - vernacular (“to pawn; to send under escort; to sign (Taiwan); to arrest (Mainland China); to force”);
• ap - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ah⁴ / ab⁴
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ah / ap
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aʔ²/, /ap̚²/

Note: ab4 - “to rhyme”.

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁷aq; ⁷khaq
    • MiniDict: ah^入; khah^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴aq; ⁴khaq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /aʔ⁵⁵/, /kʰaʔ⁵⁵/

Note: 4khaq - used in 押牌九.

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• Middle Chinese: 'aep, kaep

Rime
Character	押	押
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	銜 (150)	銜 (150)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	烏甲切	古狎切
Baxter	'aep	kaep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠap̚/	/kˠap̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚap̚/	/kᵚap̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔap̚/	/kap̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaɨp̚/	/kaɨp̚/
Li Rong	/ʔap̚/	/kap̚/
Wang Li	/ap̚/	/kap̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔap̚/	/kap̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ya	jia
Expected Cantonese Reflex	aap3	gaap3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔˤrep/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kraːb/, /*qraːb/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	押
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yā
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔæp ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔˁrep/
English	to seal, stamp
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	押	押
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5934	5945
Phonetic component	甲	甲
Rime group	盍	盍
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	甲	鴨
Old Chinese	/*kraːb/	/*qraːb/

Definitions

押

1. (finance) to mortgage; to pledge; to pawn
2. to arrest; to detain; to guard; to take into custody
3. to send under escort; to accompany
4. signature; seal; mark
5. to sign; to seal; to mark (a document, contract, etc.)
6. to take charge of; to control
7. to stake; to bet
8. to rhyme
9. (Hokkien) to force; to compel; to coerce
10. a surname: Ya
11. Alternative form of 壓／压

Synonyms

• (to mortgage): 抵押 (dǐyā)
• (to arrest):

• 扣 (kòu)
• 扣押 (kòuyā)
• 扣留 (kòuliú)
• 拘留 (jūliú)
• 拘禁 (jūjìn)
• 收押 (shōuyā)
• 看押 (kānyā)
• 羈押／羁押 (jīyā) (formal)

 

• (to rhyme):

• 合轍／合辙 (hézhé)
• 壓韻／压韵 (yāyùn)
• 押韻／押韵 (yāyùn)
• 格聯兒／格联儿 (Luoyang)

 

• (to force):

• 劫 (jié) (literary, or in compounds)
• 勒
• 勒逼 (lèbī)
• 強制／强制 (qiángzhì)
• 強迫／强迫
• 強逼／强逼 (qiǎngbī)
• 緊逼／紧逼 (jǐnbī)
• 脅迫／胁迫 (xiépò)
• 迫
• 迫使 (pòshǐ)
• 逼
• 逼迫 (bīpò)

 

Compounds

• 假扣押 (jiǎ kòuyā)
• 僉押／佥押
• 典押 (diǎnyā)
• 判押
• 十字花押
• 合轍押韻／合辙押韵
• 在押 (zàiyā)
• 套畫押字／套画押字
• 寄押
• 封押
• 扣押 (kòuyā)
• 押付
• 押入
• 押匯／押汇
• 押司
• 押字
• 押孤丁
• 押寨夫人
• 押寶／押宝
• 押尾
• 押差
• 押帳／押帐
• 押床
• 押店
• 押座文
• 拘押 (jūyā)
• 抵押 (dǐyā)
• 抵押品 (dǐyāpǐn)
• 抵押放款
• 抵押權／抵押权
• 押放
• 押榜
• 押櫃／押柜
• 押款 (yākuǎn)
• 押注
• 押牙
• 押牢
• 押番
• 押當／押当
• 押票
• 押租 (yāzū)
• 押船
• 押花
• 押衙
• 押解 (yājiè)
• 押赴 (yāfù)
• 押車／押车
• 押送 (yāsòng)
• 押運／押运 (yāyùn)
• 押金 (yājīn)
• 押鋪／押铺
• 押隊／押队
• 押韻／押韵 (yāyùn)
• 押頭／押头 (yātou)
• 收押 (shōuyā)
• 畫押／画押 (huàyā)
• 監押／监押 (jiānyā)
• 看押 (kānyā)
• 管押
• 簽押房／签押房
• 籤押／签押
• 紅字黑押／红字黑押
• 結押／结押
• 羈押／羁押 (jīyā)
• 花押 (huāyā)
• 花押印
• 質押／质押 (zhìyā)
• 轄押／辖押
• 還押／还押 (huányā)
• 關押／关押 (guānyā)

 

Japanese

Kanji

押

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. push

Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けふ (kefu, historical)}; よう (yō)^{←えふ (efu, historical)}
• Kan-on: おう (ō, Jōyō)^{←あふ (afu, historical)}; こう (kō)^{←かふ (kafu, historical)}
• Kun: おす (osu, 押す, Jōyō); おさえる (osaeru, 押さえる, Jōyō); おし (oshi, 押)

Compounds

• 押(おっ)忍(す), 押(お)っ忍(す) (ossu)
• 押(おう)収(しゅう) (ōshū)

Antonyms

• 引 (“pull”)

Kanji in this term
押
おう Grade: S
on’yomi

Affix

押(おう) • (ō) ^{←あふ (afu)?}

1. to push; to press

Korean

Hanja

押 • (ap, gap) (hangeul 압, 갑, revised ap, gap, McCune–Reischauer ap, kap, Yale ap, kap)

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Kunigami

Kanji

押

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

• Kun: ふすん (fusun, 押ん)

Miyako

Kanji

押

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

• Kun: うす (usu, 押す)

Okinawan

Kanji

押

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Kun: うすん (usun, 押すん)

Tày

Verb

押 (áp)

1. Nôm form of áp (“to force, to pressure”).

Vietnamese

Han character

押: Hán Nôm readings: áp, ắp, ép, ẹp, ét, ếp, ghép, giẹp, ốp, ướp

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Yaeyama

Kanji

押

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

• Kun: うすん (usun, 押すん)