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壓

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See also: 压 and 圧
壓 U+58D3, 壓
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-58D3
← 壒
[U+58D2] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 壔 →
[U+58D4]

Translingual

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Han character

壓 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一大土 (MKG), four-corner 71214, composition ⿸厭土(GHT) or ⿱厭土(JKV))

Derived characters

  • 𢹥, 𲄒

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 241, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5557
  • Dae Jaweon: page 480, character 33
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 495, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+58D3
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (猒) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qreːb): phonetic 厭 (OC *qemʔ, *qems, *qeb) + semantic 土 (“dust”).

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *krap (“to beat, thrash, winnow”), which is distantly related (via an allofam) to Burmese ယပ် (yap, “fan”), and more directly to the following Sinitic words (STEDT):

  • 躐 (OC *rab, “to tread, trample”)
  • 押 (OC *kraːb, *qraːb, “to seal, stamp”)
  • 臿 (OC *sʰreːb, “pestle; to husk grain with a mortar and pestle”)

Pronunciation 1

Note: yà - only used in 壓根 (Mainland standard).
Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Note:
  • ă̤ - vernacular;
  • ă - literary.
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Definitions

壓

  1. to press; to push down
    壓碎／压碎  ―  yāsuì  ―  to crush to pieces
    我的腿被石頭壓住了。 [MSC, trad.]
    我的腿被石头压住了。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ de tuǐ bèi shítou yā zhù le. [Pinyin]
    My legs were held down by rocks.
    最近被工作壓得喘不過氣來。 [MSC, trad.]
    最近被工作压得喘不过气来。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zuìjìn bèi gōngzuò yā de chuǎn bù guò qì lái. [Pinyin]
    I've been so stressed by work lately that it almost makes me out of breath.
  2. to keep under control; to control
    壓住怒火／压住怒火  ―  yā zhù nùhuǒ  ―  to control one's anger
  3. to suppress; to bring pressure on; to intimidate
    鎮壓／镇压  ―  zhènyā  ―  to suppress
  4. to approach; to draw near; to close in on
    大軍壓境／大军压境  ―  dàjūnyājìng  ―  the army is bearing down in force
  5. to surpass; to prevail over
  6. to shelve; to lay aside
  7. to risk; to stake
    alt. forms: 押 (yā)
  8. (physics) pressure
    加壓／加压  ―  jiāyā  ―  to raise pressure
    血壓／血压  ―  xuèyā  ―  blood pressure
    電壓／电压  ―  diànyā  ―  voltage
  9. used in 壓根兒／压根儿 (yàgēnr, “in the first place”)
  10. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to press and draw (a line)
  11. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to scrape or pare off horizontally
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 壓 (“to press down on”) [map]
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Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

壓

  1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to separate; to set apart
  2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to gather together; to collect

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 壓 – see 硩 (“to pick; to smash up; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 硩).
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Japanese

Shinjitai

 圧

Kyūjitai

 壓

Kanji

壓

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 圧)

  1. pressure

Readings

  • On (unclassified): あつ (atsu)、おう (ō)、えん (en)
  • Kun: おさえる (osaeru)

Korean

Hanja

壓 (eumhun 누를 압 (nureul ap))

  1. hanja form? of 압 (“pressure”)

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

壓: Hán Nôm readings: áp, ếm

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