抑 – repress, well, now

7 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#834 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 抑 means repress, well, now, in the first place, push, shove, press, seal. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヨク (yoku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おさ.える (osaeru). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヨク	yoku
Kun’yomi	おさ.える	osaeru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: 卩・扎.

Words using 抑

抑圧よくあつcheck抑制よくせいcontrol

Example sentences

この段階を踏まえ、抑圧という概念をさらに詳細に検証していくことになります。

From this point we go on to an even more detailed examination of the concept of repression.

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彼は怒りを抑制することができなかった。

He could not control his anger.

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Kanji with the same radical

手持指投打提挙援担技撃推接授摘批

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