The kanji 押: meaning, readings and stroke order

押

Meaning: push, press
On reading: オウ ou
Kun reading: お（す） osu、お（さえる） osaeru
Strokes: 8
Radical: 手 hand
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: ấn, đẩy (áp)
Japanese: おす。おさえる。
Korean: 누르다, 밀다 (압)
Chinese: 推、按

Readings, words and example sentences

オウ ou · on reading · less common

押おう収しゅう
seizure (by the police)
証こを 押おう収しゅうします。
The police take the evidence away.

お（す） osu · kun reading

押おす
to push, to press
赤いボタンを 押おします。
I press the red button.

お（さえる） osaeru · kun reading

押おさえる
to hold down
風でとばないように紙を 押おさえます。
I hold the paper down so the wind won't blow it away.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.