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Translingual
Han character
押 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手田中 (QWL), four-corner 56050, composition ⿰扌甲)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 424, character 7
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11929
- Dae Jaweon: page 772, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1851, character 8
- Unihan data for U+62BC
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 笚
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*ʔl'aːb, *ɡraːb
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| 閘
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*klaːb, *sɡreːb, *qraːb
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| 鉀
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*klaːb, *kraːb
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| 甲
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*kraːb
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| 胛
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*kraːb
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| 岬
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*kraːb
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| 押
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*kraːb, *qraːb
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| 玾
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*kraːb
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| 呷
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*qʰraːb
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| 匣
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*ɡraːb
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| 狎
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*ɡraːb
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| 柙
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*ɡraːb
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| 翈
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*ɡraːb
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| 炠
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*ɡraːb
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| 鴨
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*qraːb
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| 庘
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*qraːb
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kraːb, *qraːb) : semantic 扌 + phonetic 甲 (OC *kraːb).
Etymology
Cognate with 壓 (OC *qreːb) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Note:
- ah - vernacular (“to pawn; to send under escort; to sign (Taiwan); to arrest (Mainland China); to force”);
- ap - literary.
Note: ab4 - “to rhyme”.
Note: 4khaq - used in
押牌九.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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押
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yā
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ʔæp ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʔˁrep/
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| English
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to seal, stamp
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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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押
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押
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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5934
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5945
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Phonetic
component
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甲
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甲
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Rime
group
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盍
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盍
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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甲
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鴨
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Old
Chinese
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/*kraːb/
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/*qraːb/
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Definitions
押
- (finance) to mortgage; to pledge; to pawn
- to arrest; to detain; to guard; to take into custody
- to send under escort; to accompany
- signature; seal; mark
- to sign; to seal; to mark (a document, contract, etc.)
- to take charge of; to control
- to stake; to bet
- to rhyme
- (Hokkien) to force; to compel; to coerce
- a surname: Ya
- Alternative form of 壓／压
Synonyms
- (to mortgage): 抵押 (dǐyā)
- (to arrest):
- 扣 (kòu)
- 扣押 (kòuyā)
- 扣留 (kòuliú)
- 拘留 (jūliú)
- 拘禁 (jūjìn)
- 收押 (shōuyā)
- 看押 (kānyā)
- 羈押／羁押 (jīyā) (formal)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
押
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- push
Readings
- Go-on: きょう (kyō)←けふ (kefu, historical); よう (yō)←えふ (efu, historical)
- Kan-on: おう (ō, Jōyō)←あふ (afu, historical); こう (kō)←かふ (kafu, historical)
- Kun: おす (osu, 押す, Jōyō); おさえる (osaeru, 押さえる, Jōyō); おし (oshi, 押)
Compounds
Antonyms
Affix
押 • (ō) ←あふ (afu)?
- to push; to press
Korean
Hanja
押 • (ap, gap) (hangeul 압, 갑, revised ap, gap, McCune–Reischauer ap, kap, Yale ap, kap)
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Kunigami
Kanji
押
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
Miyako
Kanji
押
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
Okinawan
Kanji
押
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
Readings
Tày
Verb
押 (áp)
- Nôm form of áp (“to force, to pressure”).
Vietnamese
Han character
押: Hán Nôm readings: áp, ắp, ép, ẹp, ét, ếp, ghép, giẹp, ốp, ướp
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Yaeyama
Kanji
押
(common “Jōyō” kanji)