Kanji N3

押: push, stop, check

押 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning push, stop, check, written with 8 strokes. It is read オウ (on) and おす, おさえる (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 押す (おす, to push) and 押し入れ (おしいれ, closet).

押

Meanings

  • push
  • stop
  • check
  • subdue
  • attach
  • seize
  • weight
  • shove
  • press
  • seal
  • do in spite of
Strokes8
JLPT levelN3
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#789 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • オウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • おす
  • おし-
  • おっ-
  • おさえる
  • おさえる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 押

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 押すおす

    to push; to thrust; to shove

    JLPT N5
  • 押し入れおしいれ

    closet (built into the wall, usu. with sliding doors)

    JLPT N4
  • 押し込むおしこむ

    to push into; to cram into; to stuff into

    JLPT N1
  • 押えるおさえる

    to pin down; to hold down; to press down

    JLPT N2
  • 押しおし

    push; pushing

  • 押収おうしゅう

    seizure; confiscation

  • 押し出しおしだし

    pushing something out; extrusion

  • 後押しあとおし

    pushing; support; backing; supporter; backer

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.