押

Meaning

Push, press · empujar, pulsar

Readings

• On (音読み): オウ
• Kun (訓読み): お.す・お.さえる

Example words

• 押す（おす）— to push; press
• 押し入れ（おしいれ）— Japanese closet
• ボタンを押す（ぼたんをおす）— to press a button

Structure

Radical 手 written as 扌 here (て・てへん · Hand) · 8 strokes · secondary-school kanji

Watch out

Door signs: 押 (push) vs 引 (pull). Spanish separates empujar (a door) from pulsar/apretar (a button); Japanese uses 押す for both, and also for stamping a seal (判子を押す). Hand (扌) + 甲.