Kanji Detail for 搾 - "to squeeze, to extract"

搾

Jōyō Kanji
Kokuji

JLPT N1

Meaning

搾 means "to squeeze, to extract."
1. Squeeze - To press and extract.
2. Wring - To twist to extract liquid.
3. Exploit - To take advantage of.
Words using 搾
- 搾取さくしゅ exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry
Tattoo check: 搾
- Verified meaning: to squeeze, to extract
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

squeeze

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

to crush with the hand, press, squeeze, extract

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

variant of 榨[zha4]; to press; to extract (juice)

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Pressing juicy plants to extract their liquid.
Onyomi

saku(サク)
Kunyomi

shibo.ru(しぼ-る)
Strokes

13 strokes
Radical

手扌 (te・tehen)
Related Keywords

to squeeze to extract press crush wring juice milk strain squash tighten condense grip pinch

牛の搾乳ってどうやるの？
How do you milk a cow?
牛の搾乳ってしたことある？
Have you ever milked a cow?
トムは牛の乳を搾っている。
Tom is milking the cow.
牛の乳搾りってしたことある？
Have you ever milked a cow?
雇い主は、時に従業員を搾取する。
Employers sometimes exploit their workers.
ああ、牛の乳はそんなふうに搾るのですか。
Oh, is that the way you milk a cow?
彼女はオレンジから果汁を搾り出そうとした。
She tried to squeeze the juice from the orange.
彼女はたくさんのオレンジから果汁を搾り出した。
She squeezed the juice from many oranges.
資本主義とは人間による人間の搾取である。共産主義はその真逆だ。
Capitalism is the exploitation of man by man. Communism is the exact opposite.