按

hold; consider; investigate

9 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names.

Readings

• アン (on reading): 按手 (あんしゅ) ordination; 按ずる (あんずる) to be anxious (about)
• おさえる (kun reading)
• しらべる (kun reading)
• Read as a whole word: 按察使 (あぜち) travelling inspector of the provincial governments (Nara and Heian-period position)

Components

• 扌
• 安
• 女 radical woman
• 宀 radical roof
• ⺘ radical hand, left-side form of 手

Words using 按

• 按察使 (あぜち) travelling inspector of the provincial governments (Nara and Heian-period position)
• 按手 (あんしゅ) ordination
• 按ずる (あんずる) to be anxious (about)
• 按腹 (あんぷく) ventral massage
• 按手礼 (あんしゅれい) (Protestant) laying on of hands
• 按摩膏 (あんまこう) massaging plaster
• 按司 (あじ) chieftain (of the Ryukyu Kingdom)

9 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists