Chinese Character 卻 Meanings and components.

Form

卻

Meaning

卻 meaning[3] in English

But.

Yet.

However.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 卻 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are grain (谷) , and 'seal' radical in … (卩)

Its radical[1] is: 卩 (jie2) which means: 'Seal' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 26), .卩jie2'seal' radical …

In cangjie it is written with CRSL

How to write 卻

To write卻que4but you should write a combination of 谷gu3grain , 卩jie2'seal' radical … arranged in a 吅 shape:

谷 + 卩 = 卻

卻 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 卻 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 卻, looks as follow:

卻
Pinyin:que4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: But . Yet . However . While . To Go Back . To Decline . To Retreat . Nevertheless . Even Though
谷
Pinyin:gu3
Meaning[3]: Grain . Corn
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
㕣
Pinyin:yan3 Shape:吕
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
卩
Pinyin:jie2
Meaning[3]: 'Seal' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 26)

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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