押

押 — push, stop, check

JLPT: JLPT N3
Strokes: 8
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #789 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: おう ou
Kun'yomi: お.す o.su

お.し- o.shi-

お.っ- o.-

お.さえる o.saeru

おさ.える osa.eru

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 押

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