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Chinese symbol for “obstructed”

挫
cuò
obstructed; to fail; to oppress; to repress

The closest CC-CEDICT match for obstructed is 挫 (cuò), defined as: obstructed; to fail; to oppress; to repress; to lower the tone; to bend back.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

挫 cuò
to check, to obstruct, to push down
radical 64 ⼿ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “obstructed”

WordPinyinMeaning
受挫shòu cuòthwarted; obstructed

Related words

Other words that share a character 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

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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