按
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to press; to push; to leave aside or shelve; to control; to restrain; to keep one's hand on; to check or refer to; according to; in the light of; (of an editor or author) to make a comment
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
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fingers + 安 peaceful
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 按
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 按兵不动 | to hold back one's troops without moving (idiom); to bide one's time | |
| 按时间先后 | chronological | |
| 牛不喝水强按头 | lit. to try to make an ox drink by forcing its head down to the water (idiom); fig. to try… | |
| 牛不喝水难按角 | (idiom) you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink | |
| 按理说 | it is reasonable to say that... | |
| 按手礼 | ordination | |
| 按劳分配 | distribution according to work | |
| 按天 | daily (law); per diem | |
| 按部就班 | (idiom) to follow the prescribed order; to keep to the working routine | |
| 长按 | to long press (a button) | |
| 按步就班 | variant of 按部就班[an4 bu4 jiu4 ban1] | |
| 按下 | to press down; to press a button | |
| 按理 | according to reason; in the ordinary course of events; normally | |
| 按日 | daily (law); per diem | |
| 按语 | note; comment | |
| 按时 | on time; before deadline; on schedule | |
| 点按 | (computing) to tap (on a touchscreen); to click (with a mouse); (massage) to apply focused… | |
| 编者按 | editor's commentary | |
| 按摩师 | masseur; massage therapist | |
| 按说 | in the ordinary course of events; ordinarily; normally |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 安 — compare how they read.