Today’s #kanji is #押, which is made of its semantic element of #てへん（扌） and phonetic element of 甲, although 押 and 甲 do not share a sound in the modern Japanese. Do you know what 押 means?
Meaning: to press, to push
Reading: オウ、お
押印（オウイン）: [noun] putting a/one’s seal (to a document)
押収（オウシュウ）する: [vt] to confiscate, to seize, to impound
花押（カオウ）: [noun] a written seal, a (decorative) signature
押（お）す: [vt] to push, to thrust, to shove, to press, etc.
押（お）さえる: [vt] to hold … down, to press… down; to cover; to get control of…; to grasp
押（お）し入（い）れ: [noun] a sliding-door closet (built into the wall of a room, usually store bedding during the day)
後押（お）し: [noun] pushing (from behind); support, backing; boosting
押（お）し付（つ）ける: [vt] to press … against ～, to force …, to compel…
押（お）し通（とお）す: [vt] to push through (a plan), to carry … through, to endure … through to the end
Difficult Reading
長押（なげし）: [noun] a horizontal piece of timber between pillars, crosspiece
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