却 — Chinese character
却
què
still, but; decline; retreat
- Pinyin
- què
- Radical
- 26 ⼙ (Seal)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 去 卩
- Formation
- pictophonetic — seal; meaning component 卩; sound component 去
- Traditional
- 卻
- Japanese
- 却 as a kanji
Common words with 却
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 却是 (卻是) | què shì | nevertheless; actually |
| 冷却 (冷卻) | lěng què | (lit. and fig.) to cool |
| 忘却 (忘卻) | wàng què | (literary) to put out of one's mind; to forget |
| 退却 (退卻) | tuì què | to retreat; to shrink back |
| 望而却步 (望而卻步) | wàng ér què bù | (lit.) to shrink back at the sight of (sth daunting) (idiom); (fig.) to be deterred |
| 冷却水 (冷卻水) | lěng què shuǐ | cooling water (in a reactor) |
| 却步 (卻步) | què bù | to step back |
| 冷却剂 (冷卻劑) | lěng què jì | coolant |
| 冷却塔 (冷卻塔) | lěng què tǎ | cooling tower |
| 抛却 (拋卻) | pāo què | to discard |
| 省却 (省卻) | shěng què | to save; to get rid of (so saving space) |
| 推却 (推卻) | tuī què | to repel; to decline |
English words written with 却
却 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 5
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