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抑

抑

Translingual

Han character

抑 (radical 64 手+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手竹女中 (QHVL), four-corner 57020, composition ⿰扌卬)

References

  • KangXi: page 421, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11883
  • Dae Jaweon: page 768, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1841, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+6291

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 抑

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 抑
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 抑
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 職 (134)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 於力切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔiek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔik̚/
Li
Rong		 /ʔiək̚/
Wang
Li		 /ĭək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔi̯ək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yi
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 抑 抑
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yì yì
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ʔik › ‹ ʔik ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ʔ](r)ik/ /*[ʔ]ik/
English and, but, or rub, repress

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 抑
Reading # 1/1
No. 15013
Phonetic
component		 抑
Rime
group		 職
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 憶
Old
Chinese		 /*qɯɡ/
Notes 説文從反印

Definitions

抑

  1. to press down; to keep down
  2. to repress; to suppress; to restrain; to restrict
  3. to hinder; to hamper; to obstruct
  4. to lower (one's head); to look down
  5. deep; low-pitched
  6. sulky; depressed
  7. (Min Dong) muggy; sultry; humid
  8. or (linking alternatives)
  9. furthermore; moreover; also
  10. however; but
  11. then; and
  12. Meaningless sentence-initial particle.
  13. A surname​.

Compounds

  • 冤抑
  • 勒抑
  • 務本抑末／务本抑末
  • 壓抑／压抑 (yāyì)
  • 崇本抑末
  • 平抑
  • 怒不可抑
  • 怨抑
  • 悲不可抑
  • 愊抑
  • 扶弱抑強／扶弱抑强
  • 抑且
  • 抑制 (yìzhì)
  • 抑制栽培
  • 抑割
  • 抑勒
  • 抑塞
  • 抑塞磊落
  • 抑威餌敵／抑威饵敌
  • 抑強扶弱／抑强扶弱
  • 抑惡揚善／抑恶扬善
  • 抑或 (yìhuò)
  • 抑抑
  • 抑揚／抑扬 (yìyáng)
  • 抑揚頓挫／抑扬顿挫 (yìyángdùncuò)
  • 抑損／抑损
  • 抑搔
  • 抑止 (yìzhǐ)
  • 抑遏
  • 抑鬱／抑郁 (yìyù)
  • 抑鬱寡歡／抑郁寡欢
  • 掩抑
  • 揚清抑濁／扬清抑浊
  • 擠抑／挤抑
  • 沉抑
  • 諂上抑下／谄上抑下
  • 謙抑／谦抑
  • 貶抑／贬抑 (biǎnyì)
  • 遏抑
  • 頓挫抑揚／顿挫抑扬

Japanese

Kanji

抑

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

Conjunction

抑 ‎(hiragana そもそも, romaji somosomo)

  1. in the first place, to begin with, at all (in a question)

Korean

Hanja

抑 • ‎(eok) (hangeul 억, revised eok, McCune-Reischauer ŏk, Yale ek)

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Vietnamese

Han character

抑 (ức, ực)

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