Chinese Character 抑 Meanings and components.

Form

抑

Meaning

抑 meaning[3] in English

To Restrain.

To Restrict.

To Keep Down.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 抑 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and surname Ang (卬)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QHVL

How to write 抑

To write抑yi4to restrain you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 卬ang2surname Ang arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 卬 = 抑

抑 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

抑
Pinyin:yi4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Restrain . To Restrict . To Keep Down . Or
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
卬
Pinyin:ang2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Ang
匚
Pinyin:fang1
Meaning[3]: 'Right Open Box' Radical (Kangxi Radical 22), Occurring In 区, 医, 匹 Etc
卩
Pinyin:jie2
Meaning[3]: 'Seal' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 26)

Notes

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

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

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