圧 — pressure, push, overwhelm

あつ圧 pressure

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 5 strokes weather

U+5727 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #718 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #163 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

pressure
push
overwhelm
oppress
dominate

word

あつ atsu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

圧(あつ) 力(りょく) atsuryoku pressure 電(でん) 圧(あつ) denatsu voltage 血(けつ) 圧(あつ) ketsuatsu blood pressure 気(き) 圧(あつ) kiatsu atmospheric pressure 弾(だん) 圧(あつ) danatsu oppression 抑(よく) 圧(あつ) yokuatsu oppression

あっ a Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

圧(あっ) 勝(しょう) asshou overwhelming victory 圧(あっ) 縮(しゅく) asshuku compression 圧(あっ) 巻(かん) akkan highlight 圧(あっ) 倒(とう) 的(てき) attouteki overwhelming 圧(あっ) 倒(とう) attou overwhelming 圧(あっ) 迫(ぱく) appaku pressure

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

厂 cliff

つち土 earth #32

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#32 土 earth