àn
press, push
Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 安 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
àn
put hand on, press down with hand; to press; to push; to leave aside or shelve; to control; to restrain; to keep one's hand on; to check or refer to; according to; in the light of; (of an editor or author) to make a comment
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*ʔˤa[n]-s | 'anH | àn | repress |
Statistics
HSK level 3
Appears in 51.9622% of movies
838th most common character in movies
573rd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Unicode | U+6309 |
Shuowen | “按，下也。从手，安聲。” |
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