Kanji 押: "push, stop, check"

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

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

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.

• 押おすto push; to thrust; to shove · to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to exert pressure on
• 押おさえる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)
• 押おし付つけるto press against; to push against; to force against · to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
• 押おし込こむto push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to crowd into · to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
• 押おし寄よせるto advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy)
• 押おし倒たおすto pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)
• 押おさえつけるto press down; to hold down; to pin down · to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
• 押おし殺ころす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)
• 押おし当あてるto push (something) against
• 押おし出だすto crowd out; to push out; to squeeze out · to start together; to set out en masse
• 背せ中なかを押おすto push someone (towards); to encourage someone
• 押おしかける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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