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

to pressurize / to boost / to supercharge
low pressure / low voltage
to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior / Might makes right.
low-pressure zone / depression (meteorology)
low pressure / depression (meteorology)
biasing (electronics) / bias voltage
to simplify and condense (a text) / abridged
pressure chamber / pressurized cauldron
vasopressor agent / antihypotensive agent (medicine)
crushproof / unbreakable / indomitable
variant of 壓服|压服[ya1 fu2]
to press down / to crush down / to restrain (anger) / to keep down (voice)
medium pressure tube / middle pressure hose (diving)
to abuse power to crush the law

Sentences with 压

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