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遏

è

HSK 6 Character

What 遏 means

1. to restrain
2. to check
3. to hold back

Example sentences

• 他怒不可遏。
  Tā nùbùkě'è.
  He couldn't control his anger.
• 我无法遏制住我的怒火。
  I couldn't control my anger.

Words starting with 遏

• 遏制è zhìto check; to contain; to hold back
• 遏止è zhǐto hold back; to check (i.e. to stop sb's advance); to resist
• 遏抑è yìto suppress; to restrain
• 遏阻è zǔto stop; to contain; to deter

Words containing 遏

• 怒不可遏nù bù kě èunable to restrain one's anger (idiom); in a towering rage
• 阻遏zǔ èto impede; to hold sb back

Characters built on 曷

These share the phonetic component 曷 (hé), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 喝hēto drink; variant of 嗬
• 渴kěthirsty
• 葛gékudzu (Pueraria lobata); hemp cloth
• 褐hèbrown; gray or dark color; coarse hemp cloth
• 谒yèto visit (a superior)
• 猲hèfrightened; terrified

Characters that look like 遏

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 遇yù(bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned; (bound form) to treat…
• 逼bīto force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for
• 遂suìto satisfy; to succeed; then
• 遢tāused in 邋遢; Taiwan pr. tà
• 遁dùnto evade; to flee; to escape
• 滇Diānshort name for Yunnan 云南

Sounds the same

Read è, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 饿hungry; to starve (sb)
• 恶evil; fierce; vicious
• 厄distressed
• 呃(exclamation); to hiccup
• 萼calyx of a flower
• 锷blade edge; sharp
• 鳄(bound form) alligator; crocodile
• 愕startled
• 噩startling
• 扼to grip forcefully; to clutch at; to guard
• 颚jaw; palate
• 轭yoke