How to Write 辍 (chuò) — Meaning “To stop; to cease; to suspend”

Imagine a car (车) driving toward a row of four stop signs, each shaped like the right-side component 叕 (which looks like four stacked 'X' marks). The car sees all these stop signs and has to stop, reminding you that 辍 means "to stop" or "to cease."

Pay attention to the left radical 车: the last stroke changes from a horizontal to an upward slant (提) so it connects smoothly to the right part. The right side 叕 consists of four identical '又' components written in a stack, each with a 横撇 stroke followed by a 捺; make sure the four are evenly spaced and not too tall.

辍 has the right side 叕 (four stacked '又'), while 毂 has 殳 (a weapon) on the right and means "wheel hub" or "to rotate." 舆 has a different right part combining 与 and 臼 and means "carriage" or "public." Visually, the right sides are completely different, so focusing on that part helps distinguish them.

辍 appears in formal or written contexts, most often in the word 辍学 (drop out of school), which is a serious topic in Chinese education. It is also used in 辍笔 (stop writing) and 辍止 (cease). Culturally, 辍 carries a negative sense of interruption or failure, so it is not used for casual "stopping" like pausing a game.

Common words containing 辍 include: 辍学 (chuò xué) — To drop out of school; 辍笔 (chuò bǐ) — To stop writing; 辍止 (chuò zhǐ) — To stop; to cease.