Chinese Character Wiki
抑

yì

press down

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 印 represents the sound. Originally written as 印 or 色.

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

印 sound component

印  Sound component

yìn

  

print

Evolution

抑 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
抑 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
抑 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
抑 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
抑 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

抑  

yì

press down, repress; curb, hinder; to restrain; to restrict; to keep down; or

Most common words with 抑
Freq.
Word
Meaning

抑制

to inhibit

压抑

oppressive

抑郁

depressed

抑郁症

clinical depression

抑或

or

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ʔ](r)ik

'ik

yì

and, but, or

*[ʔ]ik

'ik

yì

rub, repress


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 11.4208% of movies

1937th most common character in movies

1748th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+6291

Shuowen

“，按也。从反‘印’。抑，俗从手。”


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