遏

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to restrain; to check; to hold back

Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

辶 meaning “walk” + 曷 sound ( hé )

Components 辶曷

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
怒不可遏	nù bù kě è	unable to restrain one's anger (idiom); in a towering rage
遏制	è zhì	to check; to contain; to hold back; to keep within limits; to constrain; to restrain
遏止	è zhǐ	to hold back; to check (i.e. to stop sb's advance); to resist; esp. with negative, irresis…
遏阻	è zǔ	to stop; to contain; to deter
阻遏	zǔ è	to impede; to hold sb back
遏抑	è yì	to suppress; to restrain

Characters sharing the sound component 曷 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
曷 sound part	hé	what, why, where, which, how
褐	hè	coarse wool; dull, brown
喝	hē	to drink; to shout, to call out
揭	jiē	to lift off a cover; to reveal, to divulge; surname
葛	gé	an edible bean; vine; surname
歇	xiē	to stop, to rest, to lodge
竭	jié	to exhaust; to put forth great effort
渴	kě	thirsty, parched; to yearn, to pine for
羯	jié	wether, castrated ram; deer skin
谒	yè	to visit, to pay respects
蝎	xiē	scorpion
猲	hè	frightened, terrified; snub-nosed dog
碣	jié	stone tablet