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:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
trunk, torso, hull (ship), hub of wheel
On:
ドウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1904 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 胴 【ドウ】 trunk, torso, body, abdomen, waist, plastron (in kendo), touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo), frame (of a drum, etc.), sound box (of a shamisen, etc.), hull (of a ship), dealer
  • 胴上げ 【ドウアゲ】 tossing (someone) into the air (in celebration)
  • 空洞 【クウドウ】 cavity, hollow, cave, cavern, hollow
  • 台胴 【ダイドウ】 dado (part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dong4
Korean:
dong

Spanish

  • tronco (cuerpo)
  • torso

Portuguese

  • tronco
  • torso
  • casco (navio)
  • cubo de roda

French

  • tronc (du corps)
  • torse
  • coque (bateau)
  • moyeu
1662 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1564 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3767 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1500 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1674 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1300 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1379 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1341 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1032 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1186 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
646 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
857 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
184 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29436 Morohashi
950 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4810 New Nelson (John Haig)
182 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
194 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1347 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3949 2001 Kanji
4b6.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
7722.0 Four corner code
1-38-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
80f4 Unicode hex code