遏 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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stop

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

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

曷 Sound component

hé

why? what? where?

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

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

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*qˤat	'at	è	repress; cease

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2701st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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