Memory phrase for the character: 抑

抑

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Meaning

repress, restrain, press down, suppress, inhibit

Pronunciation

YOKU
osaeru

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: 卬 (at the left an odd person 人 who bows down 卩 deeply at the right)

Mnemonic
 
When a hand pushes a slightly bowing person down into a deeply bowing person, this is: repressing or restraining.

Radicals

扌 handSeveral characters are used for hand: ナ, 扌,手, ヨ
卬 bowing personOn the left is a side view of a person with the head bowed to the right. On the right it is bowed much deeper 卩, when: bowing.
卩 bent personShows a person 人 bowing down deeply. (Further radicals with "person" are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)




 Vocabulary

抑制 よくせい  control, restraint, suppression
抑圧 よくあつ  check, restraint, oppression, suppression

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