退

  • 722nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 92 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
退
2Radical
3Graphical
退

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tuì (tui4)to retreat • to decline • to move back • to withdraw

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

退 also appears in:

Example Words

Common

退休 
退出 

Uncommon

倒退 
后退 (後退)
撤退 
击退 (擊退)
早退 
消退 
减退 (減退)
衰退 
退下 
退伍 
退休金 
退化 
退场 (退場)
退学 (退學)
退役 
退房 
退步 
退热 (退熱)
退烧 (退燒)
退烧药 (退燒藥)
退票 
退缩 (退縮)
退货 (退貨)
退路 
退还 (退還)
进退 (進退)
进退两难 (進退兩難)

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  • 287th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 20 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. què (que4)but • yet • however • while • to go back • to decline • to retreat • nevertheless • even though

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

冷却 (冷卻)
忘却 (忘卻)

Uncommon

却步 (卻步)
抛却 (拋卻)
望而却步 (望而卻步)
退却 (退卻)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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