押yā
to arrest, to detain; to deposit, to pledge; mortgage. 8 strokes, radical 扌, first met in HSK 5.
Pinyin yāStrokes 8Radical 扌Band HSK 5Words 1
How to write 押
Strokes 1–3 write 扌, then strokes 4–8 write 甲.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 押 · the stroke-order rules
What 押 is made of
扌 (shǒu, hand) and 甲 (jiǎ, armor).
扌 carries the meaning — hand — and 甲 carries the sound.
Words that use 押
| 押金 | deposit (money) 指为担保而预先支付的钱款 租车驿站如数退还押金。The car-rental station refunded the full deposit in cash. Lesson 508, 严谨求实 · 崇德博雅与求索笃行 · Scholarly Pursuit & Civic Virtue |
Characters that share the sound part 甲
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 扌
All 105 of them, and what the radical means, on the 手 radical page.