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

12 strokes
Radical:
sickness
Parts:
pain, hurt, damage, bruise
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
903 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 痛 【ツウ】 pain, ache, -algia
  • 痛感 【ツウカン】 feeling keenly, fully realizing
  • 悲痛 【ヒツウ】 grief, sorrow, extreme sadness, heartbreak
  • 沈痛 【チンツウ】 grave, sad, mournful, sorrowful, pensive

Kun reading compounds

  • 痛い 【いたい】 painful, sore, cringy, embarrassing
  • 痛々しい 【いたいたしい】 pitiful, pathetic, painful to look at
  • 痛む 【いたむ】 to hurt, to ache, to feel a pain, to be injured, to be spoiled (e.g. food), to be damaged
  • 痛ましい 【いたましい】 pitiful, heartbreaking, heartrending, touching, tragic, sad, hurtful
  • 痛める 【いためる】 to hurt, to injure, to cause pain, to harm, to damage, to spoil, to worry, to bother, to be grieved over, to afflict, to cause financial loss, to hurt one's pocket

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tong4
Korean:
tong

Spanish

  • dolor
  • daño
  • herida
  • doloroso
  • herirse
  • herir

Portuguese

  • dor
  • ferida
  • injúria
  • contusão

French

  • douleur
  • mal
  • dommage
  • contusion, bleu
954 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
943 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
769 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3054 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1020 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
750 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1320 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1402 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
346 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1353 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4071 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2065 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2799 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1706 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
22195 Morohashi
3285 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3814 New Nelson (John Haig)
1690 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1825 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
953 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
553 2001 Kanji
5i7.7 The Kanji Dictionary
3-5-7 SKIP code
0012.7 Four corner code
1-36-43 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
75db Unicode hex code