押 (yā): meaning and stroke order
押 (yā) means to mortgage, to pawn, to detain in custody, to escort and protect, (literary) to sign.
押
- Simplified
- 押
- Traditional
- 押 (same form)
- Pinyin
- yā
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Stroke order of 押
押
- yā to mortgage; to pawn
- 8 strokes
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Meaning of 押
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yā
- to mortgage
- to pawn
- to detain in custody
- to escort and protect
- (literary) to sign
Radical and structure
- 押
- Radical 手 (Kangxi radical 64) · 8 strokes · 扌 on the left, 甲 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 押
- 押金 yā jīn deposit; down payment
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).