抵押

to provide (an asset) as security for a loan / to put up collateral

Characters and words in 抵押

dǐ = di + Ø3

to press against / to support / to prop up / to resist / to equal / to balance / to make up for / to mortgage / to arrive at / to clap (one's hands) lightly (expressing delight) (Taiwan pr. [zhi3] for this sense)

抵 = 扌 + 氐 : Hostile aliens want to invade the space station, but Dorothy Gale (di) resists (抵) by pressing (抵) with a toy claw (扌) against the space station's (Ø3) foundation (氐) which is about to break under the aliens' attacks.

押

ya̅ = y + a1

to mortgage / to pawn / to detain in custody / to escort and protect / (literary) to sign

押 = 扌 + 甲 : Maud Younger (y) was marching back and forth with a protest placard (甲) in front of the ashram (a1), but soon someone grabbed her with a toy claw (扌) to detain (押) her in custody (押).