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
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挫折 | cuò zhé | setback; reverse |
| 挫败 (挫敗) | cuò bài | to thwart; to foil (sb's plans); a setback; a failure; a defeat |
| 受挫 | shòu cuò | thwarted; obstructed |
| 重挫 | zhòng cuò | devastating setback; slump (in stock market etc) |
| 下挫 | xià cuò | (of sales, prices etc) to fall; to drop |
| 挫折感 | cuò zhé gǎn | frustration |
| 顿挫 (頓挫) | dùn cuò | a 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 cuò | see 顿挫抑扬 (dùn cuò yì yáng) |
| 力挫 | lì cuò | to win as a result of tenacious effort; to fight off tough competition |
| 折挫 | zhé cuò | to frustrate; to inhibit |
| 挫疮 (挫瘡) | cuò chuāng | acne; pustule |
| 顿挫抑扬 (頓挫抑揚) | dùn cuò yì yáng | cadence; modulation |
English words written with 挫
挫 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 3 · Art of War 2 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 5
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 4
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 29
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 56
- Art of War 2.2
- Art of War 2.4
- Mencius 2A.2
- Zhuangzi Man Among Men
- Zhuangzi The Universe
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