圧 – pressure, push, overwhelm

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The kanji 圧 means pressure, push, overwhelm, oppress, dominate. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is アツ、エン、オウ (atsu, en, ou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is お.す、へ.す、おさ.える、お.さえる (osu, hesu, osaeru, osaeru). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 土 (no. 32).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	アツ	atsu
On’yomi	エン	en
On’yomi	オウ	ou
Kun’yomi	お.す	osu
Kun’yomi	へ.す	hesu
Kun’yomi	おさ.える	osaeru
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: 土 (Kangxi radical 32). Components: 土・厂.

Words using 圧

圧縮あっしゅくcompression気圧きあつatmospheric pressure血圧けつあつblood pressure圧倒あっとうto overwhelm (e.g. an opponent)圧迫あっぱくpressure圧力あつりょくpressure抑圧よくあつcheck

Example sentences

その気体は圧縮されてボンベに詰め込まれた。

The gas was compressed into a gas cylinder.

Tatoeba #211522

圧縮したファイルを添付で送ってください。

Send it to me as a compressed file.

Tatoeba #191347

飛行機でお酒飲むと、気圧のせいか酔いやすい。

Maybe it's the low air pressure that means you get drunk more easily on planes.

Tatoeba #85717

Kanji with the same radical

地場報在増基土境域型均壊城執坂堂

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