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Kanji Detail for 押 - "push, press, stamp"

  • Meaning

    押 means "push, press, stamp."

    1. To push - To press; to press down.

    2. To restrain - To seize goods; to mortgage.

    3. Seal - A signature; a mark used instead of a signature.

    4. Pressure - The force of pushing one's opinion through.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    push; stop; check; subdue; attach; seize; weight; shove; press; seal; do in spite of

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    mortgage, pledge; deposit; to pawn; to arrest, detain, guard

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody; to escort and protect; (literary) to sign

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to arrest, to detain; to deposit, to pledge; mortgage

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

    To sign. Such as 花押, signing documents as identification. | To detain. Such as 押送, 押解. | To pledge. Borrowing with security is 押. Hence, pawnshops are also called 押. | Using rhymes in poetry is 押. 押 means to press.
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Sentences including

  • A young man broke into my house last night.

  • He always imposes his opinion on me.

  • He tried with all his might to push the door open.

  • The policeman caught the thief.

  • He pushed past me.

  • I was crowded out.

  • We gave the car a push.

  • Can you push the door open?

  • They burst the door open.

  • The door pushed open.

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