JLPT N3 · 8 strokes
Kanji 押: "push, stop, check"
The kanji 押 means "push, stop, check, subdue, attach, seize". It is written with 8 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N3, read オウ in on'yomi and お.す, お.し-, お.っ-, お.さえる, おさ.える in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
オウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
お.すお.し-お.っ-お.さえるおさ.える
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | push, stop, check, subdue, attach, seize |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 8 |
| JLPT level | N3 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 789 of 2,501 |
Common words with 押
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 押すto push; to thrust; to shove · to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to exert pressure on
- 押さえるto pin down; to hold down; to press down; to hold in place · 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)
- 押し付けるto press against; to push against; to force against · to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
- 押し込むenfoncer, fourrer, entasser (dans) · s'introduire par effraction, cambrioler
- 押し寄せるaffluer, déferler (vers), se ruer (sur), fondre sur (l'ennemi)
- 押し倒すto pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)
- 押さえつけるto press down; to hold down; to pin down · to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
- 押し殺すto crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death · to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice); to hold (one's breath)
- 押し当てるto push (something) against
- 押し出すto crowd out; to push out; to squeeze out · to start together; to set out en masse
- 背中を押すto push someone (towards); to encourage someone
- 押しかけるto go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to gatecrash · to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon; to pile in
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