抑
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to restrain; to restrict; to keep down; or
Formation & memory
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How 抑 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 meaning “hand” + 卬 sound ()
Components 扌 卬
How to remember it
curb · Heisig RSH #2691
fingers + stamp collection
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 抑
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抑制作用 | inhibition | |
| 笑不可抑 | to laugh irrepressibly | |
| 共模抑制比 | (electronics) common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR) | |
| 重农抑商 | economic doctrine and policy in traditional China of emphasizing agriculture and suppressi… | |
| 抑制剂 | suppressant; inhibitor | |
| 产后抑郁症 | postpartum depression | |
| 抑郁不平 | in a state of depression (idiom) | |
| 自抑 | to control oneself | |
| 平抑 | to stabilize; to keep (prices, vermin etc) under control | |
| 抑扬格 | iambic | |
| 扬抑格 | trochaic | |
| 产后抑郁 | postpartum depression | |
| 抑制 | to inhibit; to keep down; to suppress | |
| 抑素 | chalone (protein inhibiting cell proliferation) | |
| 女性贬抑 | misogyny | |
| 压抑 | to constrain or repress emotions; oppressive; stifling; depressing; repression | |
| 抑塞 | to repress; gloomy | |
| 扶弱抑强 | to support the weak and restrain the strong (idiom); robbing the rich to help the poor | |
| 抗抑郁药 | antidepressant | |
| 男性贬抑 | misandry |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 卬 — compare how they read.