撳

See also: 揿

Translingual

Han character

撳 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手金弓人 (QCNO), four-corner 5708₀, composition ⿰扌欽)

1. to press
2. push

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 457, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12771
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1960, character 9
• Unihan data for U+64B3

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Chinese

trad.		撳
simp.		揿
alternative forms		㩒 搇／揿

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
淦	*kɯːm, *kɯːms
顉	*ŋɯːmʔ, *ŋ̊ʰrɯm, *ŋ̊ʰɯmʔ
金	*krɯm
錦	*krɯmʔ
欽	*kʰrɯm
菳	*kʰrɯm
嶔	*kʰrɯm
撳	*kʰrɯms
捦	*ɡrɯm
鵭	*ɡrɯm
唫	*ɡrɯmʔ, *ŋɡrɯm
鈙	*ɡrɯms
崟	*ŋɡrɯm
趛	*ŋɡrɯmʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰrɯms) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 欽 (OC *kʰrɯm)

Etymology

Probably a Kra-Dai substrate word. Compare Thai ข่ม (kòm, “to press something down”), Zhuang gaemh (“to press downwards”), Lingao xɔm⁴ (“to press”). This word is found in many southern Chinese dialects, including Yue, Hakka, Southwestern Mandarin, Hakka and Wu.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 撳

1. (dialectal) to press down firmly on

   入實驗室撳緊急掣 [Cantonese, trad.]
   入实验室揿紧急掣 [Cantonese, simp.]

   jap⁶ sat⁶ jim⁶ sat¹ gam⁶ gan² gap¹ zai³ [Jyutping]

   enter the laboratory and press the emergency stop (tongue-twister)

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Japanese

Kanji

撳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): きん (kin)
• Kun: おさえる (osaeru)

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Vietnamese

Han character

撳: Hán Nôm readings: khấm, khẩm

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References

• Nom Foundation