按
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Translingual
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Han character
按 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 手十女 (QJV), four-corner 53044, composition ⿰扌安)
References
- KangXi: page 429, character 26
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12038
- Dae Jaweon: page 779, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1876, character 1
- Unihan data for U+6309
Chinese
| trad. | 按 | |
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| simp. # | 按 | |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (安) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
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| 安 | *qaːn |
| 鞍 | *qaːn |
| 鞌 | *qaːn |
| 侒 | *qaːn |
| 按 | *qaːns |
| 案 | *qaːns |
| 洝 | *qaːns |
| 荌 | *qaːns |
| 晏 | *qaːns, *qraːns |
| 鴳 | *qraːns |
| 騴 | *qraːns |
| 鷃 | *qraːns |
| 頞 | *qaːd |
| 胺 | *qaːd |
| 咹 | *qaːd |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qaːns) : semantic 扌 + phonetic 安 (OC *qaːn).
Etymology
Exoactive of 安 (OC *qaːn, “be calm”), lit. "cause to be settled, calmed".
Pronunciation
Definitions
按
- to push (with hands); to press
- 按鈕／按钮 ― ànniǔ ― to press a button
- to put aside
- to restrain
- to check against something, chiefly a text
- 按圖索驥／按图索骥 ― àntúsuǒjì ― literally, "to seek a fine horse by checking against a drawing"
- to make comments; to write notes
- according to; referring to; following
- 按照 ― ànzhào ― according to
- 按計劃行事／按计划行事 ― àn jìhuà xíngshì ― to follow the plan
- (Malaysia, Singapore) to withdraw (money)
- (Singapore Hokkien) from (a place or time)
Synonyms
- (to push):
Dialectal synonyms of 按 (“to push; to press”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 按 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 按, 摁 |
| Taiwan | 按 | |
| Jinan | 按, 摁 | |
| Xi'an | 按, 壓 | |
| Wuhan | 按, 逞 | |
| Chengdu | 按, 逞 | |
| Yangzhou | 捺 | |
| Hefei | 按, 捺 | |
| Malaysia | 按 | |
| Singapore | 按 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 撳, 的 |
| Hong Kong | 撳 | |
| Macau | 撳 | |
| Yangjiang | 擪 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 撳 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 按, 陣 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 撳 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 撳 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 撳 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 撳 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 撳, 擪 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 撳 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 擪 | |
| Kuching (Hepo) | 撳 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 按 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 壓 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 扼 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 揤 |
| Quanzhou | 揤 | |
| Zhangzhou | 揤 | |
| Taipei | 揤 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 揤 | |
| Kaohsiung | 揤 | |
| Yilan | 揤 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 揤 | |
| Taichung | 揤 | |
| Tainan | 揤 | |
| Hsinchu | 揤 | |
| Kinmen | 揤 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 揤 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 揤, 捏 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 揤, 捏 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 揤 | |
| Chaozhou | 揤 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 揤 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 撳 |
| Suzhou | 撳 | |
| Wenzhou | 捺, 捼 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 捘, 按 |
| Shuangfeng | 撳 | |
- (to restrain):
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Synonyms of 按
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Compounds
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Descendants
Sino-Xenic (按):
- → Japanese: 按 (an)
- → Korean: 안(按) (an)
- → Vietnamese: án (按)
Others:
- → Vietnamese: ấn (按, “to press”)
Japanese
Kanji
按
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
- Go-on: あん (an)
- Kan-on: あん (an)
- Kun: おさえる (osaeru, 按える); しらべる (shiraberu, 按べる)
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
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| 按 |
| あん Jinmeiyō |
| on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 按 (MC ʔɑnH).
Affix
按 • (an)
- push (with hands); press
- examine; investigate
Korean
Hanja
按 • (an, al) (hangeul 안, 알, revised an, al, McCune–Reischauer an, al, Yale an, al)
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Tày
Verb
按 (án)
- Nôm form of án (“to count”).
Vietnamese
Han character
按: Hán Nôm readings: án, ấn, ướn
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