抑

yì

yìspelled as i · 4th tone — spelling rules

to restrain · to restrict

Radical: 扌 Strokes: 7

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Less common

Same radical

打拉指报托折推接投护提排

Same radical

打拉指报托折推接投护提排才扬执

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Character Decomposition

抑=扌+卬

Etymology

hand

Meanings

to restrain

to restrict

to keep down

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yì

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Words with 抑 145 total

to suppress · to restrain遏抑è yì

Idioms with 抑 13 total Chain

cadence · modulation顿挫抑扬dùn cuò yì yáng to support the weak and restrain the strong (idiom); robbing the rich to help the poor扶弱抑强fú ruò yì qiáng