to press / to push down / to keep under (control) / pressure

= + + : Maud Younger once heard that if you apply enough pressure, one can make diamonds out of dirt. In front of the ashram, she tries this out: She puts some dirt into a chocolate factory, applies as much pressure as she can, but all that comes out are petal leaves.
see 壓根兒|压根儿[ya4 gen1 r5]

压 character breakdown

"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3]

This character shall be represented by a petal (丶) when appearing in other characters.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is napping in the space station's living room (Ø3) and hugging a petal (丶).
"cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc
Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

= + : Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He uses dust and clay (土) to hold them together.
factory / yard / depot / workhouse / works / (industrial) plant

Mnemonic symbol: a chocolate factory. Charlie Chaplin (ch) is overjoyed to see that in the anglepod's living room (ang3), a small chocolate factory (厂) is for sale. He buys it, shaves his mustache, grows his hair a bit and renames himself to Willy Wonka to live in the chocolate factory.

Characters with 压 as component

压 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 压

high pressure / high-handed
to reduce the pressure (of a fluid) / to lower one's blood pressure / to lower (or step down) the voltage
hyperbaric oxygen / hyperbaric oxygenation / also abbr. for 高壓氧治療|高压氧治疗[gao1 ya1 yang3 zhi4 liao2], hyperbaric therapy
high pressure / bearing a heavy weight
high tension power line
high-handed (measures) / with a heavy hand
hyperbaric medicine / hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) / also 高壓氧療法|高压氧疗法[gao1 ya1 yang3 liao2 fa3]
hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) / also 高壓氧治療|高压氧治疗[gao1 ya1 yang3 zhi4 liao2]
to relieve stress / (computing) to decompress
to decompress / decompression (esp. computer)
suction / negative pressure
Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries (PRC political campaign from 1950-1952), abbr. to 鎮反運動|镇反运动[Zhen4 fan3 Yun4 dong4]
pressure on a drill bit

Sentences with 压

yù
dì
lǎo
ér
 
 
nǐ
sa̅n
fa̅n
liǎng
cì
qi̅
ya̅
ǎn
lǎo
su̅n