EntryCommonWaniKani 30
  1. Noun

    push; pushing

    あなたはボタンを押しさえすればいい。
    All you have to do is press the button.
  2. weight; pressure

  3. authority; forcefulness; boldness; audacity; persistence

  4. Prefix

    to forcibly ...; to strongly ...

    before a verb

  5. Noun

    push; pushing; extending your stones forward by pushing against opponent's stones

    Go (game)Usually written using kana aloneusu. オシ

Also written 圧し【おし】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

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

Kun
お.すお.し-お.っ-お.さえるおさ.える
On
オウ
Strokes
8
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
789 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 30

Built from

Used in names as

おしおすおや

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-5SKIP code
3c5.5The Kanji Dictionary
5605.0Four corner code
1355deroo
62bcUnicode hex code
1-18-01JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1885Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2128New Nelson (John Haig)
314New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
371Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
234Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
278Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1114Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1195Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
587A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
587Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1632Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11929Morohashi
1033A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
986Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1021Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
563Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1175Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
256Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
868Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1123Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ya1, ya2Pinyin reading
ab, gabKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
30WaniKani level