| 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) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
718 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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
- Korean:
- ab
Spanish
- presión
- opresión
Portuguese
- pressão
- empurrar
- inundar
- oprimir
- dominar
French
- pression
- pousser
- submerger
- oppresser
- dominer
| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2046 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 搾取 【サクシュ】 exploitation, bleeding dry, squeezing dry, milking (e.g. a cow's teat), extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
- 搾乳 【サクニュウ】 milking (a cow, goat, etc.), breast pumping, milk expression
- 圧搾 【アッサク】 pressure, compression, pressing
Kun reading compounds
- 絞る 【しぼる】 to wring (towel, rag), to squeeze, to squeeze (fruit to extract juice), to press, to extract, to milk, to express milk, to rack (one's brains), to strain (one's voice), to extort, to exploit, to chew out, to reprimand severely, to rake over the coals, to give a sound scolding, to tell someone off, to scold, to rebuke, to drill into, to train, to narrow down (one's focus), to whittle down, to gather up (curtain, etc.), to tighten (drawstring), to stop down (lens), to turn down (e.g. radio), to bend (bow), to draw, to hold down, to constrict, to immobilize
Readings
- Korean:
- chag
Spanish
- apretón
- estrujón
- presión
- apretar
- estrujar
- comprimir
Portuguese
- espremer
French
- presser
| 1301 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 2015 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1975 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1777 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1377 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1497 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1596 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1484 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 920 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 798 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 466 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 594 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1336 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 12553 | Morohashi |
| 649 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2251 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1324 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1422 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1629 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1354 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3c10.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-10 | SKIP code |
| 5301.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-81 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 643e | Unicode hex code |