押

push, stop, check, subdue, attach, seize, weight, shove, press, seal, do in spite of

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

オウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

お.さえるお.し-お.すお.っ-おさ.える

Nanori (名乗り)

おしおすおや

Stroke Order

8 / 8

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:8

JLPT:N3

Frequency:789

Vocabulary

オウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
押収	オウシュウ	seizure; confiscation
押印	オウイン	affixing a seal (to); putting one's seal (on)
押捺	オウナツ	stamping; impressing; affixing a seal
押柄	オウヘイ	arrogant; haughty; insolent
花押	カオウ	written seal; stylized signature

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
押し	おし	push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness; boldness; audacity; persistence; to forcibly ...; to strongly ...; push; pushing; extending your stones forward by pushing against opponent's stones
押し	オシ	push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness; boldness; audacity; persistence; to forcibly ...; to strongly ...; push; pushing; extending your stones forward by pushing against opponent's stones
押し込む	おしこむ	to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to crowd into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
押し切る	おしきる	to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
押し入る	おしいる	to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

shouldering, carry, raise, bear

insert, put in, graft, wear (sword)

pluck, pull, extract, excel

clap, beat (music)

search, look for, locate

brandish, wave, wag, swing, shake

finger, point to, indicate, put into, play (chess), measure (ruler)

grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write, draft

put up (a notice), put up, hoist, display, hang out, publish, describe