TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
卻
卻 ＝ 卩 ＋ 谷
ㄑㄩㄝˋ · què
verb — to step back, decline, refuse; adv — yet, however
字源 FORM — what the parts do
卩義a person kneeling, drawn back
A kneeling figure (卩) drawing back, declining — to step away, to push off: 退卻、推卻. From a turn that pulls the other way, the pivot "yet, however," 卻. The valley 谷 sits beside it, its sound role worn past reading.
意 · Meanings
(本義)退卻、推卻— to step back, decline
→卻、然而— yet, however常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
谷gǔthe right-hand half alone — a valley mouth; 卻 sets the kneeling beside it for drawing back卸xièshares — 卸 sets it after 午 for "to unload, take off"; 卻 sets it after for declining