遏

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èno initial · 4th tone — spelling rules

to restrain · to check

Radical: 辶 Strokes: 12

Structure: Bottom-left surroundFrequency: Less common

Same radical

通道连遗过进远运边达退逸

Same radical

通道连遗过进远运边达退逸选造还

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Character Decomposition

遏=辶+曷

Etymology

walk

Meanings

to restrain

to check

to hold back

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Words with 遏 74 total

to suppress · to restrain遏抑è yì

Idioms with 遏 11 total Chain

unable to restrain one's anger (idiom); in a towering rage怒不可遏nù bù kě è (of singing) reverberate through the skies响遏行云xiǎng è xíng yún