àn

press, push

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

is a component form of .

安 sound component

  Sound component

ānan

  

peaceful

Evolution

按 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
按 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
按 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

àn

put hand on, press down with hand; to press; to push; to leave aside or shelve; to control; to restrain; to keep one's hand on; to check or refer to; according to; in the light of; (of an editor or author) to make a comment

Most common words with 按
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to press

按照

according to

按摩

massage

按钮

push button

按时

on time