The kanji 搾 means "to squeeze," "to press," or "to extract." It conveys the idea of applying force to something to remove a liquid, such as juice from fruit, or to extract something valuable.

・On-yomi (音読み): サク (saku) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): しぼ（る） (shibo(ru))

⚫︎搾る Translation: To squeeze; to press; to extract. ⚫︎果汁を搾る Translation: To squeeze juice from fruit. ⚫︎搾取 Translation: Exploitation; to squeeze out (e.g., resources).

The kanji 搾 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字). The left side is a radical called 手 (て, te), meaning "hand." The right side is 乍 (さく, saku), which functions as a phonetic component, indicating the sound and suggesting the action involved. Together, they represent the act of using hands (手) to extract something by squeezing (乍).