pressure
N1- Onyomi
- アツ
- Stroke count
- 5
- JLPT
- N1
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 圧 down and you get 厂 (cliff / shelter) — an overhanging cliff you can shelter under, and beside it 土 (earth / soil) — a mound of earth pushed up from flat ground. Picture an overhanging cliff with shelter beneath it, put 圧 inside it, and let that scene stand for "pressure" — pressure. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 5
General writing tips
These general rules have exceptions. Follow the animation and numbered frames for this character.
- •上から下へ書きます。Write from top to bottom.
- •左から右へ書きます。Write from left to right.
- •横の画を先に、縦の画を後に書きます。Write horizontal strokes before the vertical strokes that cross them.
- •外側の囲みを先に書き、中を後で書きます。Draw an outer enclosure first, then fill in what is inside.
- •中央を先に、左右を後に書きます。In symmetric shapes, write the centre before the left and right sides.
- •この漢字は5画です。下の練習エリアで順番に書いてみましょう。This kanji has 5 strokes — trace them in order in the practice area below.
Step by step
Practice Writing
Free writing practice — compare your writing with the example. This canvas does not check your shape or stroke order. Draw with a mouse, finger, or pen; scroll outside the square to move down the page.
Trace the faded character, or hide the outline to practise from memory.
Writing Tips
- Follow the order strictly: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Correct order makes the shape balanced and natural.
- Keep each stroke in one smooth motion — don't lift the pen in the middle of a stroke.
- Close enclosing strokes cleanly so the character does not look open or broken.
- Common mistake: drawing strokes bottom-to-top or right-to-left. Even if the result looks similar, the wrong order shows in handwriting and makes it harder to read.
Example words
制圧
seiatsu
suppression
鎮圧
chin'atsu
suppression (of riot)
抑圧
yokuatsu
oppression
弾圧
dan'atsu
crackdown
圧縮
asshuku
compression
圧縮する
asshukusuru
to do compression
Example sentences (6)
消防隊が火事を制圧しました。
しょうぼうたい が かじ を せいあつ しました。
shouboutai ga kaji o seiatsu shimashita.
The fire brigade brought the fire under control.
初期の段階で制圧できたおかげで、被害は最小限にとどまりました。
しょき の だんかい で せいあつ できた おかげ で、ひがい は さいしょうげん に とどまりました。
shoki no dankai de seiatsu dekita okage de, higai wa saishougen ni todomarimashita.
Thanks to bringing it under control at an early stage, the damage was kept to a minimum.
暴動は数時間で鎮圧されました。
ぼうどう は すうじかん で ちんあつ されました。
boudou wa suujikan de chin'atsu saremashita.
The riot was suppressed within hours.
力による鎮圧は、根本的な解決にはなりません。
ちから に よる ちんあつ は、こんぽんてき な かいけつ に は なりません。
chikara ni yoru chin'atsu wa, konponteki na kaiketsu ni wa narimasen.
Suppression by force does not amount to a fundamental solution.
感情を抑圧しすぎるのは良くないです。
かんじょう を よくあつ しすぎる の は よくない です。
kanjou o yokuatsu shisugiru no wa yokunai desu.
Suppressing your emotions too much is not good.
意見を抑圧するような雰囲気では、良い案は生まれません。
いけん を よくあつ する よう な ふんいき で は、よい あん は うまれません。
iken o yokuatsu suru you na fun'iki de wa, yoi an wa umaremasen.
In an atmosphere that suppresses opinions, good ideas do not emerge.