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Kanji Detail for 按 - "press, examine, control"
按
- Meaning
按 means "press, examine, control."
To press - To push down from above; to hold down.
To examine - To consider; to investigate carefully.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
hold; consider; investigate
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
put hand on, press down with hand
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to press; to push; to leave aside or shelve; to control; to restrain; to keep one's hand on; to check or refer to; according to; in the light of; (of an editor or author) to make a comment
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to check, to control, to push, to restrain
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To press down. Pressing to lower is 按. Colloquially called 撳. | Interchangeable with 案. To base on. Basing on one thing to prove another is 案. | To rest upon. Such as 按劍, 按轡. | To investigate. Such as old official system's 巡按, meaning those touring provinces to inspect governance. | Proceeding in order is 按. Such as 按戶派丁, 按畝抽捐.
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