EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down

  2. keeping control; exercising authority

  3. having self-control; exercising self-discipline

  4. defense; guard; deterrence

Also written 押さえ【おさえ】押え【おさえ】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

repress, well, now, in the first place, push, shove, press, seal, do in spite of

Kun
おさ.える
On
ヨク
Strokes
7
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
834 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 38

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Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-3-4SKIP code
3c4.12The Kanji Dictionary
5702.0Four corner code
1344deroo
6291Unicode hex code
1-45-62JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1851Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2090New Nelson (John Haig)
257New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
301Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
193Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
229Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1700Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1835Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1399A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1318Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11883Morohashi
1884A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1057Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1100Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1339Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1131Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1264Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
867Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1716Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yi4Pinyin reading
eogKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
38WaniKani level