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)

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

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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).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 押

1. to sign; to seal
2. signature; seal
3. to mortgage; to pledge; to pawn
4. to arrest; to detain; to guard
5. to send under escort; to accompany
6. to take charge of; to control
7. to stake; to bet
8. to rhyme
9. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 壓／压 (yā).

Synonyms

• (to rhyme): 押韻／押韵 (yāyùn), 壓韻／压韵 (yāyùn)

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

押

(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

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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

• Kun: ふすん (押すん, fusun)

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Miyako

Kanji

押

• Kun: うす (押す, usu)

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Okinawan

Kanji

押

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

• Kun: うすん (usun, 押すん)

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Tày

Verb

押 (áp)

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

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

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Yaeyama

Kanji

押

• Kun: うすん (押すん, usun)