Kanji
N3 8 strokes Grade 8 freq #789

push, stop, check, subdue, attach

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

hand te

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

seizure; confiscation
stamping; impressing
affixing a seal (to); putting one's seal (on)

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

push; pushing
to push; to thrust
to pin down; to hold down
pushing something out; extrusion
jostling; milling about
to push in; to force into
breaking into; burglar
pushing; support
to overcome (opposition); to push past
to push into; to cram into

Example sentences

He is influential.

He is not aggressive enough to succeed in business.

We pushed the rock hard in vain.

The students wanted us to help push the car.