挫
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obstructed; to fail; to oppress; to repress; to lower the tone; to bend back; to dampen
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Dict coverage rank #2,932 U+632B
How 挫 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 坐 (phonetic, zuò)
How to remember it
frustrate · Heisig RSH #2106
fingers + 坐 sit
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 坐
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 坐 (zuò) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 坐 sound component | zuò | seat; to sit; to ride, to travel by |
| 唑 | zuò | in chemistry, -azole |
| 锉 | cuò | carpenter's file; to file smooth |
| 痤 | cuó | a swelling of the lymph nodes |
| 矬 | cuó | short; a dwarf |
| 脞 | cuǒ | minced meat; trifles |
Words containing 挫
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挫折感 | cuò zhé gǎn | frustration |
| 力挫 | lì cuò | to win as a result of tenacious effort; to fight off tough competition |
| 下挫 | xià cuò | (of sales, prices etc) to fall; to drop; decline; slump |
| 重挫 | zhòng cuò | devastating setback; slump (in stock market etc); crushing defeat; to cause a serious setb… |
| 抑扬顿挫 | yì yáng dùn cuò | see 頓挫抑揚|顿挫抑扬[dun4 cuo4 yi4 yang2] |
| 顿挫抑扬 | dùn cuò yì yáng | cadence; modulation |
| 受挫 | shòu cuò | thwarted; obstructed; setback |
| 折挫 | zhé cuò | to frustrate; to inhibit; to make things difficult |
| 挫折 | cuò zhé | setback; reverse; check; defeat; frustration; disappointment; to frustrate; to discourage;… |
| 顿挫 | dùn cuò | a transition (stop and change) in spoken sound, music or in brush strokes; a cadence; punc… |
| 挫败 | cuò bài | to thwart; to foil (sb's plans); a setback; a failure; a defeat |
| 挫疮 | cuò chuāng | acne; pustule |