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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
(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
(Jōyō kanji)
Miyako
Kanji
押
(Jōyō kanji)
Okinawan
Kanji
押
(Jōyō kanji)
Readings
Tày
Noun
押 (cáp)
- Nôm form of cáp (“intersection”).
伩跒沃垱押我𠀧- Dò kha oóc tàng cáp ngạ ba
- Lift one's legs and venture to where roads meet
Verb
押 (áp; cáp)
- Nôm form of áp (“to force, to pressure”).
篤押夸及娘𱽗免- Đốc áp khoả cắp nàng rầư mến
- Force boys and girls to love each other
- Nôm form of cáp (“to befriend”).
𱐍略本押伴略𫶾- Dú lược bản, cáp bạn lược cần
- If you want to live, choose a place; if you want to make friends, choose people
References
- Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
Vietnamese
Han character
押: Hán Nôm readings: áp, ắp, ép, ẹp, ét, ếp, ghép, giẹp, ốp, ướp
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Yaeyama
Kanji
押
(Jōyō kanji)