拒 jù to refuse

to refuse; to resist

怎么记住“拒”: 扌 hand + 巨 huge = to refuse. The waiter offers a huge slice of cake, but the tired runner raises one hand to refuse.

部件结构

形声 · Meaning + sound

One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.

拒 = 扌 hand + 巨 huge

Gushi 故事

The waiter offers a huge slice of cake, but the tired runner raises one hand to refuse.

The hand gives the meaning and the part beside it gives the sound.

To refuse / resist / ward off; bound: 拒绝 (jùjué) refuse/decline, 抗拒 (kàngjù) resist.
拒绝 is the everyday 'to turn down (a request, an offer, a person)': 拒绝了他的邀请 (jùjué le tā de yāoqǐng) declined his invitation.
It takes a direct object (a thing or a person): 拒绝他 to reject him.