一切經音義 54.90

54.90

為抑（應力反考聲云抑止也理也說文按也從反印字也今隸書相承從手作抑）。

為抑 (Fanqie 應 + 力. The Kaosheng says: "抑 means to stop; it means to regulate." The Shuowen says: "To press down; it is derived from the reversed form of 印." In current clerical script tradition, it is written as 抑 derived from 手).