Chinese Character 押 Meanings and components.
Form
押
Meaning
- 押 meaning[3] in English
To Mortgage.
To Pawn.
To Detain In Custody.
Main Components
By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 押 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and first of the … (甲)
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
In cangjie it is written with QWL
How to write 押
To write押 you should write a combination of 扌 , 甲 arranged in a 吅 shape:
扌 + 甲 = 押
押 Stroke Order
The order of the strokes to write 押 should be followed in this specific way.
Components Tree
The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 押, looks as follow:
押
Pinyin:ya1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Mortgage . To Pawn . To Detain In Custody . To Escort And Protect . (Literary) To Sign
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
甲
Pinyin:jia3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: First Of The Ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[Shi2 Tian1 Gan1] . (Used For An Unspecified Person Or Thing) . First (In A List, As A Party To A Contract Etc) . Letter 'A' Or Roman 'I' In List 'A, B, C', Or 'I, Ii, Iii' Etc . Armor Plating . Shell Or Carapace . (Of The Fingers Or Toes) Nail . Bladed Leather Or Metal Armor (Old) . Ranking System Used In The Imperial Examinations (Old) . Civil Administration Unit In The Baojia 保甲[Bao3 Jia3] System (Old) . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 75°