押 — Chinese character
押
yā
to arrest, to detain; to deposit, to pledge; mortgage
- Pinyin
- yā
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 扌 甲
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 扌; sound component 甲
- Japanese
- 押 as a kanji
Common words with 押
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 关押 (關押) | guān yā | to imprison; to lock up (in jail) |
| 抵押 | dǐ yā | to provide (an asset) as security for a loan; to put up collateral |
| 扣押 | kòu yā | to detain; to hold in custody |
| 羁押 (羈押) | jī yā | to detain; to take into custody |
| 押金 | yā jīn | deposit; down payment |
| 质押 (質押) | zhì yā | to pledge (sth, usu. moveables, as security for a loan) |
| 押解 | yā jiè | to send away under escort (criminals, goods etc) |
| 押送 | yā sòng | to convey (a prisoner or valuable items etc) under escort |
| 拘押 | jū yā | to arrest; to take into custody |
| 押韵 (押韻) | yā yùn | to rhyme; sometimes written 壓韻|压韵 |
| 收押 | shōu yā | in custody; to keep sb in detention |
| 抵押品 | dǐ yā pǐn | security (property held against a loan); mortgaged property |
English words written with 押
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.