押
to mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody; to escort and protect; (literary) to sign
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,888 U+62BC
How 押 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 甲 (phonetic, jiǎ)
How to remember it
pawn · Heisig RSH #917
fingers + radish
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 甲
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 甲 (jiǎ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 甲 sound component | jiǎ | armor, shell; fingernails; 1st heavenly stem |
| 鸭 | yā | duck; Anas species (various) |
| 闸 | zhá | sluice, floodgate, canal lock |
| 钾 | jiǎ | potassium |
| 匣 | xiá | case, coffer, small box |
| 岬 | jiǎ | cape; promontory, headland |
| 狎 | xiá | to be familiar with; to disrespect |
| 呷 | xiā | to swallow, to suck, to drink |
| 胛 | jiǎ | shoulder; shoulder blade |
| 柙 | xiá | a cage or pen for wild animals |
Words containing 押
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 押沙龙 | Yā shā lóng | Absalom, third son of David, king of Israel (Old Testament) |
| 押运员 | yā yùn yuán | supercargo (in maritime law); agent responsible for goods; an escort |
| 押平声韵 | yā píng shēng yùn | to restrict to even tone (i.e. final rhyming syllable must be classical first or second to… |
| 押金 | yā jīn | deposit; down payment |
| 花押 | huā yā | signature (in grass-style writing); symbol used in place of a signature (on a document, co… |
| 押车 | yā chē | to escort (goods) during transportation; to delay unloading (a truck, train etc) |
| 押后 | yā hòu | to adjourn; to defer |
| 关押 | guān yā | to imprison; to lock up (in jail) |
| 押运 | yā yùn | to escort (goods or funds); to convey under guard |
| 声押 | shēng yā | to apply to a court for an arrest warrant |
| 押解 | yā jiè | to send away under escort (criminals, goods etc) |
| 收押 | shōu yā | in custody; to keep sb in detention |
| 质押 | zhì yā | to pledge (sth, usu. moveables, as security for a loan) |
| 次级抵押贷款 | cì jí dǐ yā dài kuǎn | subprime mortgage |
| 押宝 | yā bǎo | to play yabao (a gambling game); (fig.) to gamble on; to take one's chance; to try one's l… |
| 抵押物 | dǐ yā wù | collateral (finance) |
| 看押 | kān yā | to detain; to take into custody; to imprison temporarily |
| 抵押品 | dǐ yā pǐn | security (property held against a loan); mortgaged property |
| 画押 | huà yā | to sign; to make one's mark |
| 非羁押性 | fēi jī yā xìng | noncustodial (sentence) |