抑 — repress, well, now

おさえる抑 repress

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 7 strokes

U+6291 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #834 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1835 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

repress
well
now
in the first place
push
shove
press
seal
do in spite of

word

おさ osa 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).

抑(おさ) える osaeru to suppress

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

抑(よく) 制(せい) yokusei restraint 抑(よく) 圧(あつ) yokuatsu oppression 抑(よく) 止(し) yokushi deterrence

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

扌 hand (left form)

卩 seal

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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.

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