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辍

輟
chuò
verb #40,654

Meanings

  1. 1 to stop
  2. 2 to cease
  3. 3 to give up halfway

Examples

因为家里穷，他只好辍学。
Yīnwèi jiālǐ qióng, tā zhǐhǎo chuòxué.
Because his family was poor, he had to drop out of school.
她日夜勤奋写作，笔耕不辍。
Tā rìyè qínfèn xiězuò, bǐ gēng bù chuò.
She wrote diligently day and night, never putting down her pen.

Tips

usage
辍 means to stop something before it is finished. The common word is 辍学 (to drop out of school); 笔耕不辍 ('to ply the pen without pause') praises someone who never stops writing.

Components

radical
车 chē
cart; vehicle
The cart radical. The original idea was a cart halting mid-journey, which gives 辍 its core meaning of stopping or breaking off before the end.
phonetic
叕 zhuó
to join together (phonetic)
Supplies the sound, zhuó shifting to chuò. The same phonetic appears in 缀 (zhuì) and 啜 (chuò), a small family sharing this element.

Stroke Order

辍 chuò