壓

壓 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一大土 (MKG), four-corner 7121₄, composition ⿸厭土(GHT) or ⿱厭土(JKV))

• 𢹥

• KangXi: page 241, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5557
• Dae Jaweon: page 480, character 33
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 495, character 6
• Unihan data for U+58D3

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qreːb) : phonetic 厭 (OC *qemʔ, *qems, *qeb) + semantic 土 (“dust”).

壓

1. to press; to push down

   壓碎／压碎  ―  yāsuì  ―  to crush to pieces

   我的腿被石頭壓住了。 [MSC, trad.]
   我的腿被石头压住了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ de tuǐ bèi shítou yā zhù le. [Pinyin]

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   最近被工作壓得喘不過氣來。 [MSC, trad.]
   最近被工作压得喘不过气来。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zuìjìn bèi gōngzuò yā dé chuǎn bù guò qì lái. [Pinyin]

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2. to keep under control; to control

   壓住怒火／压住怒火  ―  yā zhù nùhuǒ  ―  to control one's anger

3. to suppress; to bring pressure on; to intimidate

   鎮壓／镇压  ―  zhènyā  ―  to suppress

4. to approach; to draw near; to close in on

   大軍壓境／大军压境  ―  dàjūnyājìng  ―  the army is bearing down in force

   • 楚晨壓晉軍而陳。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     楚晨压晋军而陈。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Chǔ chén yā Jìn jūn ér zhèn. [Pinyin]

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5. to surpass; to prevail over

   • 高贊訪得他子弟才不壓眾，貌不超群，所以不曾許允。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     高赞访得他子弟才不压众，貌不超群，所以不曾许允。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Feng Menglong, Stories to Awaken the World, 1627 CE

     Gāo Zàn fǎng dé tā zǐdì cái bù yā zhòng, mào bù chāoqún, suǒyǐ bùcéng xǔyǔn. [Pinyin]

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6. to shelve; to lay aside
7. to risk; to stake

   alt. forms: 押 (yā)

8. (physics) pressure

   加壓／加压  ―  jiāyā  ―  to raise pressure

   血壓／血压  ―  xuèyā  ―  blood pressure

   電壓／电压  ―  diànyā  ―  voltage

9. Used in 壓根兒／压根儿 (yàgēnr, “in the first place”).

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 圧)

1. pressure

• On (unclassified): あつ (atsu), おう (ō), えん (en)
• Kun: おさえる (osaeru)

壓 (eumhun 누를 압 (nureul ap))

1. Hanja form^? of 압 (“pressure”).

• 기압 (氣壓, giap, “air pressure”)
• 압축 (壓縮, apchuk, “compression”)
• 탄압 (彈壓, tanap, “oppression”)
• 압력 (壓力, amnyeok, “pressure”)

壓: Hán Nôm readings: áp, ếm

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