遏 — Chinese character
遏
è
to curb, to check, to stop, to suppress
- Pinyin
- è
- Radical
- 162 ⾡ (Walk)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 辶 曷
- Formation
- pictophonetic — walk; meaning component 辶; sound component 曷
- Japanese
- 遏 as a kanji
Common words with 遏
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 遏制 | è zhì | to check; to contain |
| 遏止 | è zhǐ | to hold back; to check (i.e. to stop sb's advance) |
| 怒不可遏 | nù bù kě è | unable to restrain one's anger (idiom); in a towering rage |
| 阻遏 | zǔ è | to impede; to hold sb back |
| 遏阻 | è zǔ | to stop; to contain |
| 遏抑 | è yì | to suppress; to restrain |
English words written with 遏
遏 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Art of War 1 · Mencius 3
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.