Keyword
to keep down
- to curb
- to hinder
- to repress
- Frequency
- #1792
- Strokes
- 7
Readings
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Mnemonic
扌 (hand) gives the meaning and 卬 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
抑制
to inhibit; to keep down; to suppress
压抑
to constrain or repress emotions; oppressive; stifling; depressing; repression
抑郁
depressed; despondent; gloomy
抑郁症
clinical depression
抑制剂
suppressant; inhibitor
抑止
to supress; to restrain
贬抑
to belittle; to disparage; to demean
抑制作用
inhibition
平抑
to stabilize; to keep (prices, vermin etc) under control
抑扬
modulation (rising and falling pitch); intonation; a cadence; to rise and fall (of a body floating in water)
自抑
to control oneself
遏抑
to suppress; to restrain
阻抑
to impede; to check; to inhibit; to neutralize