Chinese Character 压 Meanings and components.

Form

压

Meaning

压 meaning[3] in English

To Press.

To Push Down.

To Keep Under (Control).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 压 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'cliff' radical in … (厂) , and (圡)

Its radical[1] is: 厂 (chang3) which means: 'Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 27), Occurring In 原, 历, 压 Etc, .厂chang3'cliff' radical …

In cangjie it is written with MGI

How to write 压

To write压ya1to press you should write a combination of 厂chang3'cliff' radical … , 圡tu3 arranged in a 吕 shape:

厂 + 圡 = 压

压 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 压 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 压, looks as follow:

压
Pinyin:ya1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Press . To Push Down . To Keep Under (Control) . Pressure
厂
Pinyin:chang3
Meaning[3]: 'Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 27), Occurring In 原, 历, 压 Etc
圡
Pinyin:tu3 Shape:+
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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