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cuò

to check, to obstruct, to push down

🔤 Pictophonetic: 扌 (hand) provides meaning, 坐 provides pronunciation
HSK 6 10 strokes Common (24%)
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Component Breakdown

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扌
shǒu
hand
坐
zuò
seat; to sit; to ride, to travel by
⿰扌坐 i

Stroke Order

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Component Tree i

shǒu
扌
hand
📷 Pictographic: A hand with the fingers splayed; compare 手
3 strokes
zuò
坐
seat; to sit; to ride, to travel by
💡 Ideographic: Two people 从 sitting on the ground 土
7 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 挫 (13)

cuòzhé
挫折 ↗
HSK 6
setback / reverse / check / defeat / frustration / disappointment / to frustrate / to discourage / to set sb back / to blunt / to subdue
cuò
挫 ↗
obstructed / to fail / to oppress / to repress / to lower the tone / to bend back / to dampen
shòucuò
受挫 ↗
thwarted / obstructed / setback
zhòngcuò
重挫 ↗
devastating setback / slump (in stock market etc) / crushing defeat / to cause a serious setback / to plummet
xiàcuò
下挫 ↗
(of sales, prices etc) to fall / to drop / decline / slump
zhécuò
折挫 ↗
to frustrate / to inhibit / to make things difficult
yìyángdùncuò
抑扬顿挫 ↗
see [[頓挫抑揚|顿挫抑扬<dùncuòyìyáng>]]
lìcuò
力挫 ↗
to win as a result of tenacious effort / to fight off tough competition
cuòzhégǎn
挫折感 ↗
frustration
cuòbài
挫败 ↗
to thwart / to foil (sb's plans) / to defeat
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