挫

cuò = cu + o4

obstructed / to fail / to oppress / to repress / to lower the tone / to bend back / to dampen

挫 = 坐 + 扌 : Kitty Cat (cu) was naughty and now she has been sat down (挫) in the observatory's bathroom (o4). To be precise, she is being pressed down by several toy claws (扌) on a bench (坐).

挫 character breakdown

挫
- 坐
  - 人
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 从
    - 人
      - 丿
      - ㇏
  - 土
    - 一
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
- 扌
  - 亅
  - 二
    - 一

坐

zuò = zu + o4

to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit / variant of 座[zuo4]

坐 = 从 + 土 : Zapatista Zebra (zu) sits next to a rubber chicken (从) on a clay (土) bench (mnemonic symbol for 坐) in the observatory's bathroom.

扌

shǒu = sh + ou3

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

扌 = 二 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.

Characters with 挫 as component

挫 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 挫

顿

頓

dùn

挫

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

頓

dùn

挫

cuò

抑

yì

扬

揚

yáng

cadence / modulation

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