He promised to come, but he didn't come.
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却
Traditional: 㕁 · 卻
què
HSK 3.0 · 4HSK 2.0 · 4
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què · koek3 (Jyutping)
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Character breakdown
却
- Meaning
- still, but; decline; retreat
- Radical
- 卩
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- ⿰去卩
- Cangjie
- GISL
- Four-corner
- 4772.0
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Example sentences
Tom turned right when he should've turned left.
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