按 (àn): meaning and stroke order
按 (àn) means to press, to push, to leave aside or shelve, to control, to restrain.
按
- Simplified
- 按
- Traditional
- 按 (same form)
- Pinyin
- àn
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Stroke order of 按
按
- àn to press; to push
- 9 strokes
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Meaning of 按
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àn
- to press
- to push
- to leave aside or shelve
- to control
- to restrain
- to keep one's hand on
- to check or refer to
- according to
- in the light of
- (of an editor or author) to make a comment
Radical and structure
- 按
- Radical 手 (Kangxi radical 64) · 9 strokes · 扌 on the left, 安 on the right
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Words with 按
- 按照 àn zhào according to; in accordance with; on the basis of
- 按理说 àn lǐ shuō it is reasonable to say that...
- 按时 àn shí on time; before deadline
按 in our stories
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他盯着那张纸看了很久，拿起手机，翻到那个很久没联系的号码，却迟迟没有按下去。
tā dīng zhe nà zhāng zhǐ kàn le hěn jiǔ ná qǐ shǒujī fān dào nà gè hěn jiǔ méi liánxì de hàomǎ què chíchí méiyǒu àn xiàqu
He stared at it for a long time, picked up his phone and scrolled to the number he hadn't called in ages, but kept holding back from pressing it.
From the story The day he rang the bell HSK 7–9 · Level 7
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在八千米以上的“死亡地带”，每个人的体力和氧气都是按小时计算的，救一个人，很可能意味着两个人都回不去。
zài bāqiān mǐ yǐshàng de sǐwáng dìdài měi gè rén de tǐlì hé yǎngqì dōu shì àn xiǎoshí jìsuàn de jiù yí gè rén hěn kěnéng yìwèizhe liǎng gè rén dōu huí bú qù
In the "death zone" above eight thousand metres everyone's strength and oxygen are counted by the hour; saving someone may well mean neither of you gets back.
From the story Two hundred metres from the summit HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Stories using 按
- The day he rang the bell HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Two hundred metres from the summit HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).