押 Home·Characters·押 Character · Actions 押 おして oshite to push, press Composition 12345678 扌hand甲shell, first Origin The hand 扌 with 甲 as phonetic: to press down with the hand. In the thoughts 押してoshitepushing Proverbs carrying this character 190 押してもだめなら引いてみな If pushing fails, try pulling. Related characters 乗to ride, mount交to cross, exchange仕to serve付to hand over, attach会meeting, gathering住to dwell佐to assist作to make修to cultivate, mend倒to fall, topple