挫
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obstructed; to fail; to oppress; to repress; to lower the tone; to bend back; to dampen
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 手 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 挫
- Common rank
- #2,932
- Unicode
- U+632B
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
frustrate · Heisig RSH #2106
fingers + 坐 sit
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 挫
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挫折感 | frustration | |
| 力挫 | to win as a result of tenacious effort; to fight off tough competition | |
| 下挫 | (of sales, prices etc) to fall; to drop; decline; slump | |
| 重挫 | devastating setback; slump (in stock market etc); crushing defeat; to cause a serious setb… | |
| 抑扬顿挫 | see 頓挫抑揚|顿挫抑扬[dun4 cuo4 yi4 yang2] | |
| 顿挫抑扬 | cadence; modulation | |
| 受挫 | thwarted; obstructed; setback | |
| 折挫 | to frustrate; to inhibit; to make things difficult | |
| 挫折 | setback; reverse; check; defeat; frustration; disappointment; to frustrate; to discourage;… | |
| 顿挫 | a transition (stop and change) in spoken sound, music or in brush strokes; a cadence; punc… | |
| 挫败 | to thwart; to foil (sb's plans); a setback; a failure; a defeat | |
| 挫疮 | acne; pustule |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 坐 — compare how they read.