HSK3

press, push down

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approved by cochleoid · Jul 17, 2022, 06:02 AM · Reviewed by cochleoid on Jul 17, 2022, 06:02 AM

This is a case of the phonetic component also being the original form of the character before it loaned its sound to other unrelated meanings. Hopefully all of these cases can be described in a consistent way.

Changed fields: components

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

SoundMeaning component

Original form. This became a phonetic loan for other meanings, so (earth) was added to distinguish the original meaning again.

Meaning component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Xin 9-23 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'aepʔˤrep press down

說文解字

《說文》:“壓,壞也。一曰塞補。从土,厭聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica