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押
yā
1.
to mortgage
2.
to pawn
3.
to detain in custody
4.
to escort and protect
5.
(literary) to sign
Very Common • Top 5%
✏️ 8 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
扣押
kòuyā
to detain
抵押
dǐyā
mortgage
押后
yāhòu
to adjourn
押注
yāzhù
to bet
押租
yāzū
rent deposit
押解
yājiè
to send away under escort (criminals, goods etc)
押车
yāchē
to escort (goods) during transportation
押送
yāsòng
to send under escort
押运
yāyùn
to escort (goods or funds)
押金
yājīn
deposit
押韵
yāyùn
to rhyme
拘押
jūyā
to arrest
收押
shōuyā
in custody
画押
huàyā
to sign
监押
jiānyā
a jail
看押
kānyā
to detain
羁押
jīyā
to detain
声押
shēngyā
to apply to a court for an arrest warrant
花押
huāyā
signature (in grass-style writing)
关押
guānyā
to imprison
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 5
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,774
- Word Frequency Rank
- 3,863 of 84,292