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Chinese symbol for “repel”

推却
tuī què
Traditional: 推卻
to repel; to decline

The closest CC-CEDICT match for repel is 推却 (tuī què), defined as: to repel; to decline.

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

推 tuī
to push; to expel; to drive; to decline
radical 64 ⼿ · 11 strokes
却 què
still, but; decline; retreat
radical 26 ⼙ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “repel”

WordPinyinMeaning
拒jùto resist; to repel
排斥pái chìto reject; to exclude
赠 (贈)zèngto give as a present; to repel
击退 (擊退)jī tuìto beat back; to repel
排páito arrange in order; to line up; to exclude; to eliminate; to repel; to expel; to discharge

Related words

Other words that share a character with 推却.

WordPinyinMeaning
推动 (推動)tuī dòngto push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to
推出tuī chūto push out; to release
推荐 (推薦)tuī jiànto recommend
推进 (推進)tuī jìnto impel; to carry forward
推广 (推廣)tuī guǎngto extend; to spread
推翻tuī fānto overthrow
却是 (卻是)què shìnevertheless; actually
冷却 (冷卻)lěng què(lit. and fig.) to cool

See also: Japanese symbol for “repel”.

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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