却 (què): meaning and stroke order
却 (què) means but, yet, however, while, to go back, to decline, to retreat, nevertheless, even though.
却
- Simplified
- 却
- Traditional
- 卻, 㕁
- Pinyin
- què
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Stroke order of 却
却
- què old variant of 卻|却[que4]
- què but; yet
- 7 strokes
- Traditional form: 㕁
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Meaning of 却
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què
Traditional 卻
- but
- yet
- however
- while
- to go back
- to decline
- to retreat
- nevertheless
- even though
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què
Traditional 㕁
- old variant of 卻|却[que4]
Radical and structure
- 却
- Radical 卩 (Kangxi radical 26) · 7 strokes · 去 on the left, 卩 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
却 in our stories
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他离开家，到处拜师学本领，吃了很多苦，却从来没有想过放弃。
tā líkāi jiā dàochù bài shī xué běnlǐng chī le hěn duō kǔ què cónglái méiyǒu xiǎng guò fàngqì
He left home and sought teachers everywhere to learn their skills. He went through great hardship but never once thought of giving up.
From the story Splitting the mountain to save his mother HSK 5
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邻居劝他赶快把洞补上，他却说：“羊已经丢了，还补什么？”
línjū quàn tā gǎnkuài bǎ dòng bǔ shàng tā què shuō yáng yǐjīng diū le hái bǔ shénme
His neighbour urged him to mend it quickly, but he said, "The sheep's gone already. What's the point?"
From the story Mending the fold after the sheep is lost HSK 5
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顾青吓了一跳，姑娘却很有礼貌地说：“先生别怕，我等一个会画画的人，已经等了一百年了。”
Gù Qīng xià le yí tiào gūniang què hěn yǒu lǐmào de shuō xiānsheng bié pà wǒ děng yí gè huì huàhuà de rén yǐjīng děng le yìbǎi nián le
Gu Qing jumped, but the girl said very politely, "Don't be afraid, sir. I have been waiting a hundred years for someone who can paint."
From the story The girl in the painting HSK 5
Stories using 却
- Splitting the mountain to save his mother HSK 5
- Mending the fold after the sheep is lost HSK 5
- The girl in the painting HSK 5
- Yu the Great tames the flood HSK 6
- No perfect answer HSK 6
- The dry floor HSK 6
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).