Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N2

718 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: pressure, push, overwhelm, oppress, dominate

Kunyomi: お.す へ.す おさ.える お.さえる

Onyomi: アツ エン オウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: つち

Meaning: earth

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

力(あつりょく)   stress, pressure

巻(あっかん)   best part of a book, masterpiece

(きあつ)   atmospheric pressure

(けつあつ)   blood pressure

(でんあつ)   voltage

倒的な(あっとうてきな)   overwhelming

迫する(あっぱくする)   pressure, coerce, oppress

倒する(あっとうする)   overwhelm, overpower

勝する(あっしょうする)   win a sweeping victory

縮する(あっしゅくする)   compress, condense

する(だんあつする)   oppress, suppress

Onyomi Examples

アツ pressure, force

アツリョク pressure, stress, pressure (e.g. political), coercion, arm-twisting

コウアツ high voltage, high pressure

ガイアツ external pressure, outside pressure, foreign pressure

オウジョウ document written under duress, coercion

Kunyomi Examples

押す おす to push, to press, to apply pressure from above, to press down, to stamp (i.e. a passport), to apply a seal, to affix (e.g. gold leaf), to press (someone for something), to urge, to compel, to influence, to overwhelm, to overpower, to repress, to push (events along), to advance (a plan), to do in spite of ..., to do even though ..., to force, to make sure, to be pressed for time, to advance troops, to attack, (of light) to be diffused across an entire surface

へす to dent, to press, to push