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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 遏

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
遏 è - to restrain
- to check
- to hold back

List Ranking for: 遏

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 36,029 39,411 32,634

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿺ 辶 曷

Radical:

辶

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

曷

Semantic:

辶

Hint:

Walk

Other Words Containing 遏

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
遏制 6 7 22,907 6,734 16,744
怒不可遏 - - 25,889 43,325 63,896
遏 - - 36,029 39,411 32,634
遏止 - - 45,487 27,276 29,548