Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 押


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Meaning

push, press

Pronunciation

Ō
osu

Explanation

Left: hand , right: shell/armor (pictograph of a seed with a root shoot crushing the shell)

Mnemonic

The hand crushes the shell by pushing.

Radicals

hand(Several characters are used for hand: ナ, , , ヨ)
shell, armor
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Vocabulary

押える おさえる to stop, to restrain, to seize, to repress, to suppress, to press down
押し入れ おしいれ closet
押し切る おしきる to have one's own way
押し寄せる おしよせる to push aside, to advance on
押し込む おしこむ to push into, to crowd into
押す おす to push, to press, to stamp (i.e. a passport)

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