抵制 (dǐ zhì)
to resist; to boycott; to refuse (to cooperate); to reject; resistance
Character breakdown
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抵 (dǐ) · 8 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 氐 represents the sound.
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制 (zhì) · 8 strokes
Depicts cutting down a tree (未) with a knife (刂). Based on the original meaning "break". The meaning later shifted to "control".