HSK3

press, push down

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approved by inralback19 · Feb 5, 2026, 07:42 PM · Reviewed by inralback19 on Feb 5, 2026, 07:42 PM

mistake,Meaniny

Changed fields: components

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

SoundMeaning component
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