mortgage

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

is a component form of .

甲 sound component

  Sound component

jiǎ

  

1st heavenly stem, fingernail

Definitions

 

mortgage, pledge; deposit; to pawn; to arrest, detain, guard; to mortgage; to detain in custody; to escort and protect; (literary) to sign

Most common words with 押
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to pawn

抵押

to put up collateral

关押

to imprison

扣押

to detain

押金

deposit