押
push; stop; check; subdue; attach; seize; weight; shove
8 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 789.
Readings
- おし (kun reading): 押し付ける (おしつける) to press against; 押し (おし) push
- おす (kun reading): 押す (おす) to push; 押入れ (おしいれ) closet (built into the wall, usu. with sliding doors)
- おさえる (kun reading): 押さえる (おさえる) to pin down; 押さえつける (おさえつける) to press down
- オウ (on reading): 押収 (おうしゅう) seizure; 花押 (かおう) written seal
- おっ (kun reading): 押っ被せる (おっかぶせる) to put a thing on top of another; 押っ付け (おっつけ) technique of holding one's opponent's arm to prevent him from getting a hold on one's belt
- Read as a whole word: 長押 (なげし) beam running between columns in traditional Japanese architecture, esp. within Japanese-style rooms
Components
- 扌
- 甲
- ｜ radical vertical stroke
- ⺘ radical hand, left-side form of 手
- 日 radical sun; day
- 田 radical rice field
Words using 押
- 押し付ける (おしつける) to press against
- 押し (おし) push
- 押し入る (おしいる) to push in
- 押し込む (おしこむ) to push into
- 押し寄せる (おしよせる) to advance on
- 押す (おす) to push
- 押入れ (おしいれ) closet (built into the wall, usu. with sliding doors)
- 押せ押せ (おせおせ) putting on the pressure
- 押絵 (おしえ) raised cloth picture
- 下押す (したおす) to decline (stock market)
- 押さえる (おさえる) to pin down
- 押さえつける (おさえつける) to press down
- 取り押さえる (とりおさえる) to seize
- 差し押さえる (さしおさえる) to seize
- 差し押さえ (さしおさえ) seizure
- 押収 (おうしゅう) seizure
- 花押 (かおう) written seal
- 押印 (おういん) affixing a seal (to)
- 押韻 (おういん) rhyming
- 押下 (おうか) pressing down (button, keyboard, etc.)
- 長押 (なげし) beam running between columns in traditional Japanese architecture, esp. within Japanese-style rooms
- 押っ被せる (おっかぶせる) to put a thing on top of another
- 押っ付け (おっつけ) technique of holding one's opponent's arm to prevent him from getting a hold on one's belt
- 押っ取り刀 (おっとりがたな) making great haste, having been caught off guard
- 押っ放り出す (おっぽりだす) to throw out
- 押っ被さる (おっかぶさる) to hang over
- 押忍 (おっす) hi!
205 words in all.