挫

Information about character(s)

Radical: 手
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 10
Variants: 繲

Pronunciation

Pinyin: cuò, zuò
Cantonese: co3
JapaneseKun: KUJIKU KUJIKERU
JapaneseOn: ZA SA
Korean: CWA
Vietnamese: doạ

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: push down; chop down; grind

CE-Dict: obstructed/to fail/to oppress/to repress/to lower the tone/to bend back/to dampen

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to frustrate
2.to fail
3.to subdue

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: defeat; frustrate

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: defeat; frustrate; subdue

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《手部》挫摧也。从手𡋲聲。

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】挫
【唐韻】則臥切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】祖臥切，𠀤音䟶。【說文】摧也。【周禮·冬官考工記·輪人】凡揉牙，外不廉而內不挫。【註】挫，折也。【孟子】思以一毫挫於人，若撻之於市朝。【史記·酷吏傳】蜀守馮當暴挫。【註】暴虐以挫人。　又【集韻】徂臥切，音座。搦也，捉也。【楚辭·招䰟】挫糟凍飮，酎淸凉些。【註】捉去其糟，但取淸醇也。　又祖加切，匝平聲。亦折也。【考工記】內不挫，李軌讀。　又臧戈切，䟶平聲。案也。【莊子·人閒世】挫鍼治繲。　又【韻會】千臥切【正韻】寸臥切，𠀤與剉同。折傷也。【增韻】刴斫也。

CF-Dict: revers/échec/réprimer/abaisser

Han-De-Dict: scheitern, unterdrücken, den Ton senken, dämpfen, zurückbiegen (u.E.)