抑 Strokes Write it Listen 抑 yì to curb, to hinder; to keep down, to repress HSK 7–9 7 strokes Radical 扌 Sound + meaning 5 words Built from扌meaningshǒuhand卬soundánglofty; high; to raise; high-priced, expensive How it works扌 hints at the meaning (hand), and 卬 áng hints at the sound.