遏
è
to restrain
to check; to hold back
movement (辶) + phonetic (曷) = restrain movement along a path
The movement radical (辶) anchors the meaning: something moving along a path that gets stopped in its tracks. 曷 contributes the sound è and does not carry semantic weight here.
曷No direct semantic role in this characterPhonetic
辶WalkingSemantic
他努力遏制自己的愤怒，没有发火。
tā nǔ lì è zhì zì jǐ de fèn nù， méi yǒu fā huǒ。
He tried hard to restrain his anger and did not lose his temper.
政府采取措施遏制物价上涨的势头。
zhèng fǔ cǎi qǔ cuò shī è zhì wù jià shàng zhǎng de shì tou。
The government took measures to check the trend of rising prices.