TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 字
抑
抑 ＝ 扌 ＋ 卬
ㄧˋ · yì
verb — to press down, restrain; conj — or
字源 FORM — what the parts do
扌義the hand, pressing
卬義a kneeling person, forced down
A hand (扌) bears down on a kneeling person (卬) — to press, to hold down. The mirror of 印, where the hand pushes a seal the same way. From pressing: 抑制、壓抑、抑鬱.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
那人（卬）剛要起身，一隻手（扌）從上面按下去——抑住，不許動。
The figure (卬) starts to rise; a hand (扌) comes down from above and pins him — held down.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)按下、壓制— to press down, restrain
→抑制、壓抑— to suppress, curb常用
⇒抑鬱— depressed, pent up
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension