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挫 — Chinese character

挫
cuò
to check, to obstruct, to push down

Pinyin
cuò
Radical
64 ⼿ (Hand)
Strokes
10
Components
扌 坐
Formation
pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 扌; sound component 坐
Japanese
挫 as a kanji

Common words with 挫

WordPinyinMeaning
挫折cuò zhésetback; reverse
挫败 (挫敗)cuò bàito thwart; to foil (sb's plans); a setback; a failure; a defeat
受挫shòu cuòthwarted; obstructed
重挫zhòng cuòdevastating setback; slump (in stock market etc)
下挫xià cuò(of sales, prices etc) to fall; to drop
挫折感cuò zhé gǎnfrustration
顿挫 (頓挫)dùn cuòa transition (stop and change) in spoken sound, music or in brush strokes; a cadence
抑扬顿挫 (抑揚頓挫)yì yáng dùn cuòsee 顿挫抑扬 (dùn cuò yì yáng)
力挫lì cuòto win as a result of tenacious effort; to fight off tough competition
折挫zhé cuòto frustrate; to inhibit
挫疮 (挫瘡)cuò chuāngacne; pustule
顿挫抑扬 (頓挫抑揚)dùn cuò yì yángcadence; modulation

English words written with 挫

挫 in the Chinese classics

Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 3 · Art of War 2 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 5

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.

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