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Translingual
Han character
抑 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手竹女中 (QHVL), four-corner 57020, composition ⿰扌卬)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 421, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11883
- Dae Jaweon: page 768, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1841, character 7
- Unihan data for U+6291
Chinese
Glyph origin
Pictogram (象形) : A hand suppressing a kneeling person. For contrast, see 印 (yìn).
Pronunciation
Note:
- iak/ek - literary;
- iah/ah/ia̍h/á - vernacular;
- a̍h - vernacular (“then”).
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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抑
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抑
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yì
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yì
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ʔik ›
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‹ ʔik ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*(r)ik/
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/*(r)ik/
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| English
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and, but, or
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rub, repress
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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抑
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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15013
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Phonetic
component
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抑
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Rime
group
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職
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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憶
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Old
Chinese
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/*qɯɡ/
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| Notes
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説文從反印
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Definitions
抑
- to press down; to keep down
- to repress; to suppress; to restrain; to restrict
- to hinder; to hamper; to obstruct
- to lower (one's head); to look down
- deep; low-pitched
- sulky; depressed
- (Eastern Min) muggy; sultry; humid
- or (linking alternatives)
- furthermore; moreover; also
- however; but
- (literary or Xiamen Hokkien) then; and (used to connect two clauses or adjectives)
- Meaningless sentence-initial particle.
- a surname
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
還是 (“or”)
| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Classical Chinese
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抑, 或
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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抑或, 還是
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| Mandarin
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Taiwan
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還是
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| Yangzhou
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還是
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| Singapore
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還是
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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定係, 定
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| Hong Kong
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定係, 定, 抑或, 抑或係, 定抑或, 定抑或係, 還是, 定還是, 定還是係
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| Taishan
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毋, 毋又, 抑或
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| Singapore (Guangfu)
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定, 定係
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| Gan
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Nanchang
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還是
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| Hakka
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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還係, 也係
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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還係, 也係
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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還係, 也係
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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還係, 也係
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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還係, 也係
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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抑係
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| Huizhou
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Jixi
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還是
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| Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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故是
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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抑是, 抑
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| Quanzhou
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抑是, 抑
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| Zhangzhou
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抑是, 抑
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| Taipei
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抑是
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| Penang (Hokkien)
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抑是
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| Singapore (Hokkien)
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抑是
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| Manila (Hokkien)
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抑是
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| Chaozhou
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抑是
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| Singapore (Teochew)
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抑是
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| Wu
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Shanghai
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還是
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| Xiang
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Loudi
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還是
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Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
抑
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- suppress
Readings
Definitions
| For pronunciation and definitions of 抑 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 抑, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Korean
Hanja
抑 • (eok) (hangeul 억, revised eok, McCune–Reischauer ŏk, Yale ek)
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Vietnamese
Han character
抑: Hán Nôm readings: ức, ực
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