拒
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to resist; to repel; to refuse
- HSK 3.0
- Level 5
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 手 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 拒
- Common rank
- #2,218
- Unicode
- U+62D2
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
refuse · Heisig RSH #2684
fingers + giant
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 拒
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 前门拒虎，后门进狼 | to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig.… | |
| 拒之门外 | to lock one's door and refuse to see sb | |
| 来者不拒 | to refuse nobody (idiom); all comers welcome | |
| 十动然拒 | to reject sb after being deeply touched by them (Internet slang) | |
| 拒不接受 | refusing to accept | |
| 不可抗拒 | act of God; force majeure (law); irresistible (idiom) | |
| 拒绝服务攻击 | (computing) denial-of-service attack (DDOS) | |
| 拒腐防变 | to fight corruption and forestall moral degeneration | |
| 拒马 | cheval de frise (a type of barrier) | |
| 深闭固拒 | deep, closed and refusing (idiom); obstinate; stubborn and perverse | |
| 拒保 | to refuse to insure; to exclude from insurance coverage | |
| 拒收 | to reject; to refuse to accept | |
| 拒接 | to reject; to refuse to take a call | |
| 拒绝 | to refuse; to decline; to reject | |
| 拒载 | to refuse to take a passenger (of taxi) | |
| 抗拒 | to resist; to defy; to oppose | |
| 拒付 | to refuse to accept a payment; to refuse to pay; to stop (a check or payment) | |
| 拒签 | to refuse (a visa application etc) | |
| 拒捕 | to resist arrest | |
| 抵拒 | to resist; to stand up to |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 巨 — compare how they read.