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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

HSK 5
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.
HSK 7-9
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 and 啜, a small family sharing this element.

Stroke Order

辍 chuò