print
How it’s built
Pictograph of a kneeling person (卩) being held down by a hand (爪). Based on the original meaning "restrain", now written as 抑. The meaning later shifted to "push down", "stamp", and "print".
(hand); claw; paw; foot
person
Through the ages
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Characters that use 印 as a component, most common first.
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