抑 = 扌 + 卬

抑 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “press down”. It is built from 扌 (hand) and 卬 (lofty).

Keyword: press down
Pinyin (Mandarin): yì
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: press down, repress, давить, подавлять, repress
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 抑 repress

Decomposition

ids

扌 hand
卬 lofty

How to find 抑 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “hand” + “lofty”. 抑 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 抑 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.