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却

què

still, but; decline; retreat

🔤 Pictophonetic: 卩 (seal) provides meaning, 去 provides pronunciation

HSK 4 7 strokes Very Common (3%)

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Component Breakdown

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去

qù

to go away, to leave, to depart

卩

jié

seal; kneeling person

⿰去卩 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

qù

去

to go away, to leave, to depart

5 strokes HSK 1

tǔ

土

soil, earth; items made of earth

📷 Pictographic: A lump of clay on a potter's wheel

3 strokes HSK 5

shí

十

ten, tenth; complete; perfect

2 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

sī

厶

private, secret

📷 Pictographic: A silk cocoon

2 strokes

jié

卩

seal; kneeling person

📷 Pictographic: A rolled-up scroll or kneeling person

2 strokes

Words Using 却 (23)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

却 ↗

què

but / yet / however / while / to go back / to decline / to retreat / nevertheless / even though

què

却 ↗

HSK 4

but / yet / however / while / to go back / to decline / to retreat / nevertheless / even though

却 ↗

què

old variant of [[卻|却<què>]]

què

却 ↗

HSK 4

old variant of [[卻|却<què>]]

冷却 ↗

lěngquè

to cool off / cooling

lěngquè

冷却 ↗

HSK 6

to cool off / cooling

céngjīngcānghǎinánwéishuǐ,chúquèWūShānbùshìyún

there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom) / one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things

céngjīngcānghǎinánwéishuǐ,chúquèWūShānbùshìyún

曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云 ↗

there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom) / one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things

望而却步 ↗

wàngérquèbù

to shrink back / to flinch

wàngérquèbù

望而却步 ↗

to shrink back / to flinch

省却 ↗

shěngquè

to save / to get rid of (so saving space)

shěngquè

省却 ↗

to save / to get rid of (so saving space)

谢却 ↗

xièquè

to decline / to refuse politely

xièquè

谢却 ↗

to decline / to refuse politely

退却 ↗

tuìquè

to retreat / to shrink back

tuìquè

退却 ↗

to retreat / to shrink back

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