押

押	U+62BC, 押 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62BC

← 抻
[U+62BB]

CJK Unified Ideographs

抽 →
[U+62BD]

Translingual

Han character

押 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手田中 (QWL), four-corner 5605₀, composition ⿰扌甲)

References

KangXi: 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

simp. and trad.		押

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (甲) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
笚	ʔl'aːb, ɡraːb
閘	klaːb, sɡreːb, *qraːb
鉀	klaːb, kraːb
甲	*kraːb
胛	*kraːb
岬	*kraːb
押	kraːb, qraːb
玾	*kraːb
呷	*qʰraːb
匣	*ɡraːb
狎	*ɡraːb
柙	*ɡraːb
翈	*ɡraːb
炠	*ɡraːb
鴨	*qraːb
庘	*qraːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kraːb, *qraːb) : semantic 扌 + phonetic 甲 (OC *kraːb).

Etymology

Cognate with 壓 (OC *qreːb) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yā (ya¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): aat³, aap³
(Taishan, Wiktionary): at¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ap
Min Dong (BUC): ák
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): ah / ap
(Teochew, Peng'im): ah⁴ / ab⁴
Wu (Wiktionary): aq (T4); khaq (T4)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yā
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ya
  - Wade–Giles: ya¹
  - Yale: yā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ia
  - Palladius: я (ja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: aat³, aap³
  - Yale: aat, aap
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aat⁸, aap⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: ad³, ab³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːt̚³/, /aːp̚³/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: at¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /at̚³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ap
  - Hakka Romanization System: ab`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ab⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /ap̚²/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ák
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɑʔ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ah
  - Tâi-lô: ah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: aq
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /aʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /aʔ⁵/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ap
  - Tâi-lô: ap
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ab
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ap̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ap̚⁵/

Note:

ah - vernacular;
ap - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ah⁴ / ab⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ah / ap
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aʔ²/, /ap̚²/

Note: ab4 - “to rhyme”.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: aq (T4); khaq (T4)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /a̱ʔ⁵⁵/, /kʰa̱ʔ⁵⁵/

Note: 4khaq - used in 押牌九.

Middle Chinese: /ʔˠap̚/, /kˠap̚/

Rime
Character	押	押
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	銜 (150)	銜 (150)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	烏甲切	古狎切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠap̚/	/kˠap̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚap̚/	/kᵚap̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔap̚/	/kap̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaɨp̚/	/kaɨp̚/
Li Rong	/ʔap̚/	/kap̚/
Wang Li	/ap̚/	/kap̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔap̚/	/kap̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ya	jia
Expected Cantonese Reflex	aap³	gaap³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔˤrep/
(Zhengzhang): /*kraːb/, /*qraːb/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	押
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yā
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔæp ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔˁrep/
English	to seal, stamp
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	押	押
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5934	5945
Phonetic component	甲	甲
Rime group	盍	盍
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	甲	鴨
Old Chinese	/*kraːb/	/*qraːb/

Definitions

押

to sign; to seal
signature; seal
(finance) to mortgage; to pledge; to pawn
to arrest; to detain; to guard
to send under escort; to accompany
to take charge of; to control
to stake; to bet
to rhyme
a surname: Ya
Alternative form of 壓／压 (yā).

Synonyms

(to mortgage): 抵押 (dǐyā)
(to arrest):

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扣押 (kòuyā)
扣留 (kòuliú)

拘留 (jūliú)
拘禁 (jūjìn)

看押 (kānyā)
羈押／羁押 (jīyā) (formal)

(to rhyme):

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合轍／合辙 (hézhé)
壓韻／压韵 (yāyùn)

押韻／押韵 (yāyùn)

格聯兒／格联儿 (Luoyang)

Compounds

Derived terms from 押

假扣押 (jiǎ kòuyā)
典押 (diǎnyā)
判押
十字花押
在押 (zàiyā)
寄押
封押
扣押 (kòuyā)
抵押 (dǐyā)
抵押品 (dǐyāpǐn)
抵押放款
押付
押入
押司
押字
押孤丁
押寨夫人
押尾
押差
押床
押店
押座文
押放
押榜

押款
押牙
押牢
押番
押票
押租 (yāzū)
押船
押花
押衙
押解 (yājiè)
押赴 (yāfù)
押送 (yāsòng)
押金 (yājīn)
拘押 (jūyā)
收押 (shōuyā)
看押 (kānyā)
管押
花押 (huāyā)
花押印
押注
僉押／佥押
合轍押韻／合辙押韵
套畫押字／套画押字

抵押權／抵押权
押匯／押汇
押寶／押宝
押帳／押帐
押櫃／押柜
押當／押当
押車／押车
押運／押运 (yāyùn)
押鋪／押铺
押隊／押队
押韻／押韵 (yāyùn)
押頭／押头 (yātou)
畫押／画押 (huàyā)
監押／监押 (jiānyā)
簽押房／签押房
籤押／签押
紅字黑押／红字黑押
結押／结押
羈押／羁押 (jīyā)
質押／质押 (zhìyā)
轄押／辖押
還押／还押 (huányā)
關押／关押 (guānyā)

Japanese

Kanji

押

(common “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

押(おっ)忍(す), 押(お)っ忍(す) (ossu)
押(おう)収(しゅう) (ōshū)

Antonyms

引 (“pull”)

Kanji in this term
押
おう Grade: S
on’yomi

Affix

押(おう) • (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

Kun: ふすん (押すん, fusun)

Miyako

Kanji

押

Kun: うす (押す, usu)

Okinawan

Kanji

押

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

Kun: うすん (usun, 押すん)

Tày

Verb

押 (áp)

Nôm form of áp (“to force, to pressure”).

Vietnamese

Han character

押: Hán Nôm readings: áp, ắp, ép, ẹp, ét, ếp, ghép, giẹp, ốp, ướp

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Yaeyama

Kanji

押

Kun: うすん (押すん, usun)