挫

cuò
#2,421 most
frequent character
obstructed, to fail, to oppress

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

挫 uses 扌, a hand, as the meaning part and 坐 zuò as the sound part, sharing the rhyme. The hand points to the first meaning, to break or snap something. From breaking it grew to defeating and then to frustrating.

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Homophones

HSK 2
错cuò
mistake, error, blunder, fault
措cuò
to handle, to manage, to put in order

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