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撅

juē

Character

What 撅 means

1. to protrude
2. to stick out
3. to pout (also written 噘)
4. to embarrass (people)

Words starting with 撅

• 撅嘴juē zuǐto pout

Words containing 撅

• 直撅撅zhí juē juēcompletely straight

Characters built on 厥

These share the phonetic component 厥 (jué), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 獗juéused in 猖獗
• 蕨juéPteridium aquilinum; bracken
• 蹶juéto stumble; to trample; to kick (of horse)
• 橛juéa peg; low post
• 噘juēto pout; (dialect) to scold
• 劂juéused in 剞劂
• 镢jué(dialect; bound form) mattock; hoe

Characters that look like 撅

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 撒sāto let go; to cast; to let loose
• 嫩nènyoung and tender; (of food) tender; lightly cooked; (of color) light
• 趟tàngclassifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip
• 撇piēto cast away; to fling aside
• 褫chǐto strip; to deprive of; to discharge
• 橛juéa peg; low post

Sounds the same

Read juē, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 噘to pout; (dialect) to scold
• 屩(old) hemp sandals; Taiwan pr. jué
• 撧to break off; to snap
• 屫old variant of 屩