Jisho

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5 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
Variants:
pressure, push, overwhelm, oppress, dominate
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
718 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 圧 【アツ】 pressure, force
  • 圧力 【アツリョク】 pressure, stress, pressure (e.g. political), coercion, arm-twisting
  • 高圧 【コウアツ】 high voltage, high pressure
  • 外圧 【ガイアツ】 external pressure, outside pressure, foreign pressure
  • 圧状 【オウジョウ】 document written under duress, coercion

Kun reading compounds

  • 押す 【おす】 to push, to thrust, to shove, to press (down), to push (e.g. a button), to exert pressure on, to stamp (e.g. one's name), to affix (a seal), to affix (e.g. gold leaf), to push (someone for something), to press, to put pressure on (someone), to overwhelm, to overpower, to put (someone) under pressure, to be superior to, to push ahead (with a policy, plan, etc.), to proceed, to stick to, to do ... in spite of ..., to defy, to brave, to push aside, to make sure, to fall behind schedule
  • 圧す 【へす】 to dent, to press, to push
  • 押さえる 【おさえる】 to pin down, to hold down, to press down, to hold in place, to hold steady, to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand), to clutch (a body part in pain), to press (a body part), to get a hold of, to obtain, to seize, to catch, to arrest, to grasp (a point), to comprehend, to quell, to subdue, to suppress, to repress, to hold back, to check, to curb, to contain
  • 押さえる 【おさえる】 to pin down, to hold down, to press down, to hold in place, to hold steady, to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand), to clutch (a body part in pain), to press (a body part), to get a hold of, to obtain, to seize, to catch, to arrest, to grasp (a point), to comprehend, to quell, to subdue, to suppress, to repress, to hold back, to check, to curb, to contain

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ya1, ya4
Korean:
ab

Spanish

  • presión
  • opresión

Portuguese

  • pressão
  • empurrar
  • inundar
  • oprimir
  • dominar

French

  • pression
  • pousser
  • submerger
  • oppresser
  • dominer
544 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
641 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
612 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
598 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
818 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
874 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
426 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1342 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1425 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1197 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
348 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3688 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1883 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2563 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
154 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4879P Morohashi
2970 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
970 New Nelson (John Haig)
152 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
163 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
397 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
645 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3372 2001 Kanji
2p3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-3 SKIP code
7121.4 Four corner code
1-16-21 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5727 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
overthrow, fall, collapse, drop, break down
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
791 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 倒産 【トウサン】 (corporate) bankruptcy, insolvency, commercial failure, failed business
  • 倒閣 【トウカク】 overthrow of government
  • 傾倒 【ケイトウ】 devoting oneself to, concentrating on, being an ardent admirer of, having great esteem for, tipping over and collapsing
  • 風倒 【フウトウ】 falling due to a strong wind, being toppled by the wind

Kun reading compounds

  • 倒れる 【たおれる】 to fall (over, down), to collapse, to take a fall, to topple, to be destroyed (in a collapse), to collapse, to cave in, to crumble, to give away, to be confined to bed (with an illness), to come down with, to break down (e.g. from overwork), to die, to be killed, to go bankrupt (of a company, bank, etc.), to fail, to collapse, to go under, to be defeated (in a game), to lose, to fall (of a government, dictator, etc.), to be overthrown
  • 倒す 【たおす】 to throw down, to bring down, to blow down, to fell, to knock down, to set (something) down on its side, to turn (something) on its side, to recline (e.g. a seat), to kill, to defeat, to beat, to overthrow, to trip up, to ruin, to leave unpaid, to cheat
  • 逆さま 【さかさま】 inverted, upside down, reversed, back to front, wrong way round
  • 逆様事 【さかさまごと】 child dying before parents, occurrence out of sequence, wrong order
  • 逆さま 【さかさま】 inverted, upside down, reversed, back to front, wrong way round
  • 逆さ 【さかさ】 inverted, upside down, reversed, back to front
  • 逆しま 【さかしま】 reverse, inversion, upside down, unreasonable, absurd, wrong

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dao3, dao4
Korean:
do

Spanish

  • caida
  • derribo
  • derrocar
  • hacer caer
  • derribar
  • caer
  • caerse

Portuguese

  • Queda de regime
  • queda
  • colapso
  • gota
  • deposição

French

  • renverser
  • tomber
  • s'écrouler
  • dégringoler
  • s'effondrer
1643 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1188 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
487 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1189 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
324 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
905 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
927 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
225 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
109 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
139 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
93 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
106 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
989 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
767 Morohashi
124 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
256 New Nelson (John Haig)
980 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1055 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1303 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2143 2001 Kanji
2a8.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-8 SKIP code
2220.0 Four corner code
1-37-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5012 Unicode hex code