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Meanings

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  1. 1.to press down firmly
  2. 2.to suppress
  3. 3.right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[dà])

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to press down firmly with the hand
  2. 2.a stroke that falls downwards towards the right (㇏)

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *naːd): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 奈 (OC *naːls, *naːds) – to press down with the hand, stamp.

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