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

11 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
repudiate, exclude, expel, reject, line up, arrange
On:
ハイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1047 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 排 【ハイ】 anti-
  • 排気 【ハイキ】 exhaust, emission (of gas from an engine), expulsion (of air), ventilation
  • 暴排 【ボウハイ】 combating organized crime, elimination of criminal gangs

Readings

Japanese names:
おし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pai2, pai3
Korean:
bae

Spanish

  • repudiar
  • excluir
  • expulsar
  • rechazar

Portuguese

  • repudiar
  • excluir
  • expelir
  • rejeitar

French

  • répudier
  • exclure
  • rejeter
  • expulser
1686 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1156 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1948 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1657 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1361 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1317 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1036 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1077 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1262 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
909 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
593 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
359 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
446 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1649 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12256 Morohashi
490 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2210 New Nelson (John Haig)
1634 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1762 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1443 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1354 2001 Kanji
3c8.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
5101.1 Four corner code
1-39-51 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6392 Unicode hex code