Memory phrase for the Kanji: 押


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Meaning

push, press

Pronunciation

Ō
osu

Explanation

Left: hand , right: shell/armor (pictograph of a seed with a root shoot crushing the shell)

Mnemonic

The hand crushes the shell by pushing.

Radicals

handSeveral characters are used for hand: ナ, , , ヨ
shell, armor
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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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