Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
Variants:
repress, well, now, in the first place, push, shove, press, seal, do in spite of
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
834 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 抑止 【ヨクシ】 check, checkmate, stave off, control, restraint, inhibit, deterrent, deterrence
  • 抑圧 【ヨクアツ】 check, restraint, oppression, suppression
  • 圧抑 【アツヨク】 check, restraint, oppression, suppression
  • 謙抑 【ケンヨク】 humbling oneself

Kun reading compounds

  • 抑える 【おさえる】 to keep within limits (e.g. spending), to restrain (e.g. emotions), to control, to curb, to hold in check, to hold back (e.g. an enemy), to check, to curb, to contain, to quell, to subdue, to suppress, to repress

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi4
Korean:
eog

Spanish

  • freno
  • restricción
  • reprimir
  • restringir

Portuguese

  • reprimir
  • bem
  • agora
  • no primeiro lugar
  • empurrar
  • pressionar
  • imprenum
  • carimbo
  • fazer apesar de

French

  • répression
  • bon..!
  • maintenant
  • en premier lieu
  • pousser
  • presser
  • sceau
  • faire en dépit de
1884 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1399 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1851 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1318 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1339 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1057 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1100 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1264 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
867 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
301 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
193 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
229 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1716 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11883 Morohashi
257 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2090 New Nelson (John Haig)
1700 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1835 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1131 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1344 2001 Kanji
3c4.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
5702.0 Four corner code
1-45-62 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6291 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
Variants:
raise, elevate, hoist, praise, extol, fry in deep fat
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1316 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 揚力 【ヨウリョク】 dynamic lift, lifting power
  • 揚音 【ヨウオン】 acute (accent, etc.)
  • 高揚 【コウヨウ】 elevation (of spirits), raising (of morale), uplift, upsurge
  • 掲揚 【ケイヨウ】 hoisting (e.g. a flag), raising, flying, putting up

Kun reading compounds

  • 上げる 【あげる】 to raise, to elevate, to do up (one's hair), to fly (a kite, etc.), to launch (fireworks, etc.), to surface (a submarine, etc.), to land (a boat), to deep-fry, to show someone (into a room), to give, to send someone (away), to enrol (one's child in school), to enroll, to increase (price, quality, status, etc.), to develop (talent, skill), to improve, to make (a loud sound), to raise (one's voice), to earn (something desirable), to praise, to give (an example, etc.), to cite, to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.), to arrest, to nominate, to summon (for geishas, etc.), to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.), to bear (a child), to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding), (of the tide) to come in, to vomit, to do for (the sake of someone else), to complete ..., to humbly do ...
  • 上がる 【あがる】 to rise, to go up, to come up, to ascend, to be raised, to enter (esp. from outdoors), to come in, to go in, to enter (a school), to advance to the next grade, to get out (of water), to come ashore, to increase, to improve, to make progress, to be promoted, to advance, to be made (of profit, etc.), to occur (esp. of a favourable result), to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.), to be finished, to be done, to be over, to stop (of rain), to lift, to stop (working properly), to cut out, to give out, to die, to win (in a card game, etc.), to be arrested, to turn up (of evidence, etc.), to be deep fried, to be spoken loudly, to get nervous, to get stage fright, to be offered (to the gods, etc.), to go, to visit, to eat, to drink, to be listed (as a candidate), to serve (in one's master's home), to be complete, to finish, above, north of

Readings

Japanese names:
あがり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yang2
Korean:
yang

Spanish

  • levantar
  • alzar
  • izar
  • freír

Portuguese

  • levantar
  • fritar em gordura funda

French

  • hisser
  • frire
1876 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1116 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1966 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1401 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1369 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1551 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
631 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
641 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1481 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
917 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
722 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
433 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
542 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
671 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12355 Morohashi
593 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2236 New Nelson (John Haig)
664 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
717 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1542 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1351 2001 Kanji
3c9.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
5602.7 Four corner code
1-45-40 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
63da Unicode hex code