Memory phrase for the character: 抑

抑

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Meaning

press down, restrain, restrict, suppress, or

Pronunciation

 yì

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: 卬 ([at the left] an odd person 人 bowing down 卩 deeply [at the right])

Mnemonic
 
The hand that makes an 'odd' person to 'bow down deeply' is: repressing or restraining.

Radicals

扌 handSimplification of this hand 手
卬 single-legged rabbitThe character for rabbit 卯 shows a rabbit´s hole with a central passage and two side chambers. The meaning of this radical "single-legged rabbit 卬" is a free interpretation.
卵 egg, ovumProbably derived from willow catkins, which are lined up and appear like eggs.
卯 rabbit
卩 bent personShows a person 人 bowing down deeply. (Further radicals with "person" are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)
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 Vocabulary

抑制 yì zhì  to inhibit; to keep down; to suppress
抑制 yì zhì  

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