press down

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Originally written as or .

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

is a component form of .

印 sound component

  Sound component

yìn

  

print

Evolution

抑 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
抑 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
抑 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
抑 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
抑 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

press down, repress; curb, hinder; to restrain; to restrict; to keep down; or

Most common words with 抑
Freq.
Word
Meaning

抑制

to inhibit

压抑

oppressive

抑郁

depressed

抑郁症

clinical depression

抑或

or