抑

to restrain; to restrict; to keep down; or

7 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,887 U+6291

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 卬 (phonetic, áng)

components: 扌卬

curb · Heisig RSH #2691

fingers + stamp collection

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 卬

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 卬 (áng) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
卬 sound component	áng	lofty; high; to raise; high-priced, expensive
迎	yíng	to welcome, to receive, to greet
昂	áng	to rise; proud, bold, upright

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
抑制作用	yì zhì zuò yòng	inhibition
笑不可抑	xiào bù kě yì	to laugh irrepressibly
共模抑制比	gòng mó yì zhì bǐ	(electronics) common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR)
重农抑商	zhòng nóng yì shāng	economic doctrine and policy in traditional China of emphasizing agriculture and suppressi…
抑制剂	yì zhì jì	suppressant; inhibitor
产后抑郁症	chǎn hòu yì yù zhèng	postpartum depression
抑郁不平	yì yù bù píng	in a state of depression (idiom)
自抑	zì yì	to control oneself
平抑	píng yì	to stabilize; to keep (prices, vermin etc) under control
抑扬格	yì yáng gé	iambic
扬抑格	yáng yì gé	trochaic
产后抑郁	chǎn hòu yì yù	postpartum depression
抑制	yì zhì	to inhibit; to keep down; to suppress
抑素	yì sù	chalone (protein inhibiting cell proliferation)
女性贬抑	nǚ xìng biǎn yì	misogyny
压抑	yā yì	to constrain or repress emotions; oppressive; stifling; depressing; repression
抑塞	yì sè	to repress; gloomy
扶弱抑强	fú ruò yì qiáng	to support the weak and restrain the strong (idiom); robbing the rich to help the poor
抗抑郁药	kàng yì yù yào	antidepressant
男性贬抑	nán xìng biǎn yì	misandry