遏 (è): to restrain, to check, to hold back
遏 (è) is a Chinese character meaning “to restrain.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 辶 (semantic) and 曷 (phonetic). It ranks #2565 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 遏 walk. Its radical form 辶 (walk) appears in many related characters such as 边 (biān, side), 过 (guò, to pass, past), 还 (hái, still, return).
Definitions
- to restrain
- to check
- to hold back
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 遏制 | è zhì | to check |
| 怒不可遏 | nù bù kě è | unable to restrain one's anger (idiom) |
| 遏止 | è zhǐ | to hold back |
| 遏阻 | è zǔ | to stop |
| 阻遏 | zǔ è | to impede |
| 遏抑 | è yì | to suppress |
遏 appears in 6 compound words: 67 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 遏 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
遏字虽然难写,但意思很有趣。
è zì suī rán nán xiě , dàn yì sī hěn yǒu qù .
The character "遏" may be difficult to write, but its meaning is quite interesting.
金正恩称韩国为“头号敌国” 强调强化核遏制力
jīn zhèng ēn chèn hán guó wéi tóu hào dí guó qiáng diào qiáng huà hé è zhì lì
Kim Jong-un Calls South Korea the "Number One Enemy" and Stresses the Need to Strengthen Nuclear Deterrence
通膨忧虑持续遏制降息预期 短期美债连续第四日下跌
tōng péng yōu lǜ chí xù è zhì jiàng xī yù qī duǎn qī měi zhài lián xù dì sì rì xià diē
Inflation concerns continue to dampen expectations of interest rate cuts; short-term U.S. Treasuries fall for the fourth consecutive day
遏止外国车“加油观光”抢便宜 斯洛伐克祭出...
è zhǐ wài guó chē jiā yóu guàn guāng qiǎng biàn yí sī 洛 fá kè jì chū . . .
To curb foreign drivers stopping to refuel and shop for bargains, Slovakia has introduced...
南韩股市大涨,监管机构出手遏制“双重上市”
nán hán gǔ shì dà zhǎng , jiān guǎn jī gòu chū shǒu è zhì shuāng chóng shàng shì
South Korean stock market surges as regulators step in to curb "dual listings"
巴拿马硬抢长和港口 中国须严厉回击遏制更严重“破窗效应”
bā ná mǎ yìng qiǎng cháng hé gǎng kǒu zhōng guó xū yán lì huí jī è zhì gēng yán chóng pò chuāng xiào yīng
Panama has a hard time grabbing Changhe ports, and China must fight back severely to curb the more serious "broken window effect"
我无法遏制住我的怒火。
Wǒ wúfǎ èzhì zhù wǒ de nùhuǒ.
I couldn't control my anger.
Character Family
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