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Kanji Detail for 抑 - "to suppress, to control, moreover"

  • Meaning

    抑 means "to suppress, to control, moreover."

    1. Suppress - To hold back; to restrain.

    2. Control - To keep in check.

    3. Moreover - Furthermore; besides.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    repress; well; now; in the first place; push; shove; press; seal; do in spite of

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    press down, repress; curb, hinder

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to restrain; to restrict; to keep down; or

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to curb, to hinder; to keep down, to repress

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

    To press. Pressing down to bend is 抑. Such as 抑制, 抑勒. Also, to depreciate. Such as 欲抑故揚. | A transitional word. Meaning "or perhaps." (Analects) "Did he seek it, or was it given to him?"
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