Memory phrase for the character: 却

却

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Meaning

to retreat, to go back, but, yet

Pronunciation

què

Explanation

 Left: to leave 去 (Below ground 土 is the nose 厶, which has left.), right: bowing person 卩

Mnemonic
 
Leaving in a bowed position is a retreat.

Radicals

去 to go away, to cause to goWhen someone dies: This nose ム is below the earth 土, he has gone away.
卩 bent personShows a person 人 bowing down deeply. (Further radicals with "person" are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)




 Vocabulary

冷却 lěng què  to cool off; cooling
 

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