懂中文 Dong Chinese

遏

è

stop

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 曷 represents the sound.

Components
辶 meaning component

辶  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

曷 sound component

曷  Sound component

hé

  

why? what? where?

Evolution

遏 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
遏 Clerical script Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
遏 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

遏  

è

stop, suppress, curb, check; a bar; to restrain; to check; to hold back

Most common words with 遏
Freq.
Word
Meaning

遏制

to check

怒不可遏

unable to restrain one's anger (idiom); in a towering rage

遏

to check

遏止

to hold back

阻遏

to impede