掣 — Chinese character
掣
chè
to pull, to drag; to hinder, to pull back
- Pinyin
- chè
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 制 手
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 手; sound component 制
- Japanese
- 掣 as a kanji
Common words with 掣
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 掣肘 | chè zhǒu | to hold sb back by the elbow; to impede; to hinder |
| 风驰电掣 (風馳電掣) | fēng chí diàn chè | fast as lightning |
| 安全掣 | ān quán chè | emergency stop |
| 手掣 | shǒu chè | handbrake; game controller (Cantonese) |
| 掣电 (掣電) | chè diàn | to flash; a flash (literary) |
| 牵掣 (牽掣) | qiān chè | to impede; to hold up |
| 锁掣 (鎖掣) | suǒ chè | catch (of a lock) |
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.