How to write 掣

掣 [chè] (verb) 【本义】: 牵引，拉 1. 拉，拽: pull, tug - 例如: 掣肘 (pull someone's elbow) - 例如: 掣后腿 (hinder someone) - 例如: 风驰电掣 (like the wind and lightning) 2. 抽: draw, extract - 例如: 掣签 (draw lots) 引 1. 《经典释文》：掣，拽也。 (In classic texts: "掣" means to pull.) 2. 《易·睽》：见舆曳，其牛掣。 (From "I Ching": "When seeing the cart sway, its ox is being pulled.") 3. 袁宏道《雪夜感怀同黄道元作》：流火掣空飞。 (From Yuan Hongdao: "Flowing fire fluttering in the air.") 4. 唐·岑参《白雪歌送武判官归京》：纷纷暮雪下辕门，风掣红旗冻不翻。 (From Cen Can: "As the snow falls outside the cart gate, the wind pulls the red flag, frozen and unable to flip.") 例 - 例如: 掣后腿 (hinder someone); 掣手 (pulling hands); 掣脱 (parting; becoming rigid); 掣撰 (meaning to pull or tug) 2. 牵制; 控制: control - 例如: 掣制 (to restrain); 掣搦 (to capture and control; restrain) 3. 抽; 拔: draw, extract - 引 1. 《晋书·王献之传》：羲之密从后掣其笔不得。 (From "Book of Jin": "Xi Zhi secretly pulled his brush from behind and was unable to continue.") - 例 - 例如: 掣签 (drawing lots to determine positions for officials in the Qing dynasty); 掣兵 (to summon troops); 掣开 (to pull out); 掣身 (to withdraw).