| 挫 | |||
| push down; chop down; grind | |||
| Radical | 手扌才 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 7 | Total Strokes | 10 |
| Mandarin reading | cuò | Cantonese reading | co3 |
| Japanese on reading | za sa | Japanese kun reading | kujiku kujikeru |
| Korean reading | cwa | Vietnamese reading | doạ |
| Semantic Variant(s) | 繲 | ||
| 挫败 | [ cuò baì ] to thwart, to foil (sb's plans), a setback, a failure, a defeat |
| 挫疮 | [ cuò chuāng ] acne, pustule |
| ⇒ 抑扬顿挫 | [ yì yáng dùn cuò ] see 頓挫抑揚|顿挫抑扬[dun4 cuo4 yi4 yang2] |
| ⇒ 顿挫 | [ dùn cuò ] a transition (stop and change) in spoken sound, music or in brush strokes, a cadence, punctuated by a transition, with syncopated cadence (brush stroke in painting) |
| ⇒ 顿挫抑扬 | [ dùn cuò yì yáng ] cadence, modulation |