Memory phrase for the Kanji: 抑
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抑 |
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Meaning
| press down, restrain, restrict, suppress, or
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Pronunciation |
yì |
Explanation |
Left: hand 扌, right: 卬 ([at the left] an odd person 人 bowing down 卩 deeply [at the right]) |
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The hand that makes an 'odd' person to 'bow down deeply' is: repressing or restraining.
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Radicals
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扌
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hand | |
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卬
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single-legged rabbit | The 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. |
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卵
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egg, ovum | |
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卯
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rabbit | |
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卩
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bent person | shows 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) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 抑制 |
yì zhì |
to inhibit; to keep down; to suppress |
| 抑制 |
yì zhì |
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