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壓

yā, yà

press, push down

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 厭 represents the sound.

Components
厭 sound,meaning component

厭  Sound Meaning component

yàn

  

dislike, (to push down on)

Original form. This became a phonetic loan for other meanings, so 土 (earth) was added to distinguish the original meaning again.

土 meaning component

土  Meaning component

tǔ

  

earth

Evolution

壓 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
壓 Clerical script Xin dynasty (9-23 AD)

Clerical script

Xin dynasty (9-23 AD)
壓 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

压 (壓) 

yā

press; oppress; crush; pressure; to press; to push down; to keep under (control)

压 (壓) 

yà

see 壓根兒|压根儿[yà​gēn​r]

Most common words with 壓
Freq.
Word
Meaning

压力

pressure

压

to press

血压

blood pressure

压抑

oppressive

压迫

to oppress

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ʔˤrep

'aep

yā

press down


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 48.8707% of movies

862nd most common character in movies

756th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Simplified

压

Unicode

U+58D3

Shuowen

“壓，壞也。一曰塞補。从土，厭聲。”


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