却

què

still, but; decline; retreat

Radical: 卩 HSK 4 d pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

却 decomposes into the following components:

去 卩

Semantic component: 卩; phonetic component: 去.

Words containing 却

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 却.

了却
liǎo què
to resolve
冷却
lěng què
to cool off
却倒
què dào
but on the contrary
却才
què cái
just now
却是
què shì
nevertheless
却步
què bù
to step back
却病
què bìng
to prevent or treat a disease
忘却
wàng què
to forget (esp. in writing)
抛却
pāo què
to discard
推却
tuī què
省却
shěng què
to save
谢却
xiè què
to decline

Related characters (radical 卩)

Characters that share the radical 卩.

卩 卬 卯 印 即 卵 卸 卹 卻 卿

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