push, stop, check, subdue, attach, seize, weight, shove, press, seal, do in spite of

On'yomi
オウ
Kun'yomi
お.す、お.し-、お.っ-、お.さえる、おさ.える
Parts
|扌日田similar kanji →
JLPT N38 strokesSecondary#789 most commonU+62BC

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8 strokes · red arrow marks where each stroke ends

Words using 押

  • 押しおしpush; pushingN5
  • 押し込むおしこむto push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to crowd intoN5
  • 押し切るおしきるto overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's wayN5
  • 押し入るおしいるto push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrudeN5
  • 押し付けるおしつけるto press against; to push against; to force againstN5
  • 押し問答おしもんどうarguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-warN5
  • 押すおすto push; to thrust; to shoveN5
  • 押収おうしゅうseizure; confiscationN5
  • 後押しあとおしpushing; support; backing; supporter; backerN5
  • 押さえるおさえるto pin down; to hold down; to press down; to hold in place; to hold steadyN5
  • 押入れおしいれcloset (built into the wall, usu. with sliding doors); (built-in) wardrobeN5
  • 押し売りおしうりhigh-pressure selling; aggressive peddling; the hard sell; high-pressure salesmanN5
  • 押し出しおしだしpushing something out; extrusionN5
  • 目白押しめじろおしjostling; milling about; crush; being jammed togetherN5
  • 押し入りおしいりbreaking into; burglarN5
  • 押し開けるおしあけるto force open; to push openN3
  • 押し寄せるおしよせるto advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.); to rush for (the door); to inundate; to overwhelm; to push asideN3
  • 押し通すおしとおすto persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry throughN3
  • 押し倒すおしたおすto pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)N3
  • 押し当てるおしあてるto push (something) againstN3