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圧 — 5 strokes ／ Radical「土」

道
6Elementary year 5 ／ 5 strokes ／ Radical「土」
On
アツあつ · atsu
Kun
—
Meaning
pressure; to press down

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

厂 "cliff" over 土 "earth"; the weight of a cliff bearing down — hence "pressure, to press."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onアツあつatsu圧力あつりょく圧迫あっぱく気圧きあつ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 気圧きあつ

    atmospheric pressure

  • 血圧けつあつ

    blood pressure

More words with this kanji

  • 圧迫あっぱく
  • 抑圧よくあつ
  • 圧搾あっさく
  • 威圧いあつ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

今日(きょう)は気圧(きあつ)が低(ひく)いそうだ。

They say the air pressure is low today.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

気圧血圧圧気spirit血blood在to exi…均even型mould堂hall基founda…扎to pri…軋to cre…遏to che…斡mediat…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 土Map of reading アツAll maps

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