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押

JLPT N3 8 strokes Frequency: #789

Meanings

Push, Stop, Check, Subdue, Attach, Seize, Weight, Shove, Press, Seal, Do In Spite Of

Radicals

扌

Decomposition

⿰扌甲

Etymology

Pictophonetic: hand

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 8

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

3 rising bottom-left-to-top-right

4 vertical right-to-left

5 corner right-to-left

6 horizontal bottom-to-top

7 horizontal bottom-to-top

8 vertical right-to-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

オウ ou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

おさ osa

お o

Words Using This Kanji

200 words total

Other (20 words)

押し鉄おしてつ

railway stamp enthusiast

腕押しうでおし

pushing with one's arm

押さえ手おさえて

osae-te (comp. karuta)

making doubly sure

to crush to death

a push

push

uninvited guest

to spread

to push aside

to push (something) against

in general

pressed leaves

rhyming

to push and push

to force open

to cram (into a box, bag, etc.)

押し込むおしこむ

to push into

押しつぶすおしつぶす

to crush

押し付けるおしつける

to press against

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