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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- tui4
- English meanings
- retreat, retire, decline, ebb
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Enclosed from the lower left structure
Enclosed from the lower left arrangement: outside 辶; inside 艮.
Meaning & sound clues
辶 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “walk”.
艮 is identified as the sound component (gěn). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 退.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
push
ham
decline; dispirited
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 后退
- 衰退
- 辞退
- 退休
- 退休金
- 退出
- 退却
- 退回
- 退学
- 退役
- 退票
- 退缩
- 退让