压

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to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Soil 土 crushed under pressure 厂

Components 厂土丶

pressure · Heisig RSH #164

土 soil + cliff + a drop of

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
压力山大	yā lì shān dà	(jocular) to be under great pressure (a pun on 亞歷山大\|亚历山大[Ya4 li4 shan1 da4])
大气压力	dà qì yā lì	atmospheric pressure
地面气压	dì miàn qì yā	ground pressure
大气压	dà qì yā	atmospheric pressure
压电体	yā diàn tǐ	piezo-electric
高压电	gāo yā diàn	high voltage
压克力	yā kè lì	(Tw) (loanword) acrylic
东风压倒西风	dōng fēng yā dǎo xī fēng	lit. the east wind prevails over the west wind (idiom); fig. one side prevails over the ot…
白大衣高血压	bái dà yī gāo xuè yā	white coat hypertension; white coat syndrome
压马路	yà mǎ lù	variant of 軋馬路\|轧马路[ya4 ma3 lu4]; Taiwan pr. [ya1 ma3 lu4]
高压线	gāo yā xiàn	high tension power line
以言代法，以权压法	yǐ yán dài fǎ , yǐ quán yā fǎ	to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawl…
压路机	yā lù jī	road roller
中压管	zhōng yā guǎn	medium pressure tube; middle pressure hose (diving)
大气压强	dà qì yā qiáng	atmospheric pressure
水压	shuǐ yā	water pressure
高血压	gāo xuè yā	high blood pressure; hypertension
压花	yā huā	to emboss; coining; knurling
气压	qì yā	atmospheric pressure; barometric pressure
压电	yā diàn	piezoelectricity (physics)