却
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but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- HSK 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 卩 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 却
- Common rank
- #2,304
- Unicode
- U+5374
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
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How to remember it
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Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 却
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 情不可却 | unable to refuse because of affection | |
| 曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云 | there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed … | |
| 望而却步 | (lit.) to shrink back at the sight of (sth daunting) (idiom); (fig.) to be deterred | |
| 了却此生 | to live out one's life; to die | |
| 冷却水 | cooling water (in a reactor) | |
| 冷却塔 | cooling tower | |
| 却之不恭 | to refuse would be impolite | |
| 冷却剂 | coolant | |
| 却病 | (literary) to ward off illness; to cure illness | |
| 却倒 | but on the contrary; but unexpectedly | |
| 却步 | to step back | |
| 了却 | to resolve; to settle | |
| 推却 | to repel; to decline | |
| 却是 | nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... | |
| 冷却 | (lit. and fig.) to cool | |
| 退却 | to retreat; to shrink back | |
| 省却 | to save; to get rid of (so saving space) | |
| 却才 | just now | |
| 谢却 | to decline; to refuse politely | |
| 忘却 | (literary) to put out of one's mind; to forget |
Sound family
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