to mortgage

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

hand (扌) + phonetic (甲) = grip, detain, or pledge

The hand radical drives the meaning: gripping someone for custody, pressing a signature, or holding collateral. 甲 contributes the sound yā and does not add semantic weight here.

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他把房子给银行来借钱。

tā bǎ fáng zi yā gěi yín háng lái jiè qián。

He mortgaged his house to the bank to borrow money.

警察把那个人送到了法院。

jǐng chá bǎ nà ge rén yā sòng dào le fǎ yuàn。

The police escorted that person to the courthouse.

Words with 押

关押

guān yā

to imprison

典押

diǎn yā

see 典當|典当[dian3 dang4]

非羁押性

fēi jī yā xìng

noncustodial (sentence)

扣押

kòu yā

to detain

押金

yā jīn

deposit

抵押

dǐ yā

to provide (an asset) as security for a loan

抵押品

dǐ yā pǐn

security (property held against a loan)

抵押物

dǐ yā wù

collateral (finance)

抵押贷款

dǐ yā dài kuǎn

mortgage loan

押宝

yā bǎo

to play yabao (a gambling game)

押平声韵

yā píng shēng yùn

to restrict to even tone (i.e. final rhyming syllable must be classical first or second tone 平聲|平声)

押后

yā hòu

to adjourn

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