抑

抑 — repress, well, now

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 7
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #834 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: よく yoku
Kun'yomi: おさ.える osa.eru

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 抑

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