Memory phrase for the Kanji: 押
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押 |
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Meaning
| push, press
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Pronunciation |
Ō osu |
Explanation |
Left: hand 扌, right: shell/armor 甲 (pictograph of a seed with a root shoot crushing the shell) |
Mnemonic
| The hand crushes the shell by pushing.
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Radicals
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Vocabulary
押える |
おさえる |
to stop, to restrain, to seize, to repress, to suppress, to press down |
押し入れ |
おしいれ |
closet |
押し切る |
おしきる |
to have one's own way |
押し寄せる |
おしよせる |
to push aside, to advance on |
押し込む |
おしこむ |
to push into, to crowd into |
押す |
おす |
to push, to press, to stamp (i.e. a passport) |
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