漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
圧: pressure, push
Also: overwhelm, oppress, dominate
JLPT N25 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
厂 and 土 carry the meaning
5 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
アツatsu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 圧力あつりょくstress, pressure
- 圧巻あっかんbest part of a book, masterpiece
- 気圧きあつatmospheric pressure
- 血圧けつあつblood pressure
- 電圧でんあつvoltage
- 圧倒的なあっとうてきなoverwhelming
- 圧迫するあっぱくするpressure, coerce, oppress
- 圧倒するあっとうするoverwhelm, overpower
- 圧勝するあっしょうするwin a sweeping victory
- 圧縮するあっしゅくするcompress, condense
- 弾圧するだんあつするoppress, suppress
Also read エン, オウ, おす, へす, おさえる, おさえる, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)厭 (sound) + 土 dust (meaning)
Source: Wiktionary, 壓 (rev. 93934909), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Cliff (厂) + earth (土). The immense weight of a massive "cliff" pressing down upon the "earth"—the literal representation of force and pressure.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side圧 pressure · 厂
vs庄 level · 广In ChineseSimplified 压 · traditional 壓 · yā
Three different forms: Japanese 圧, simplified 压, traditional 壓.
- Simplified
- 压 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 壓 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yā most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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