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擢

zhuó

Character

What 擢 means

1. to pull out
2. to select
3. to promote

Words starting with 擢

• 擢升zhuó shēngto promote (sb); to upgrade; to ascend
• 擢第zhuó dìto pass the civil service examination (in imperial China)
• 擢发难数zhuó fà nán shǔlit. as difficult to count as hair pulled from sb's head (idiom)…

Words containing 擢

• 拔擢bá zhuóselect the best people for promotion

Characters built on 翟

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

• 戳chuōto jab; to poke; to stab
• 濯zhuóto wash; to cleanse of evil

Characters that look like 擢

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

• 藏cángto conceal; to hide away; to harbor
• 擦cāto rub; to scratch; to wipe; to polish; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc)
• 檬méngused in 柠檬
• 橘júmandarin orange (Citrus reticulata); tangerine
• 褶xí(arch.) court dress
• 襟jīnlapel; overlap of Chinese gown; fig. bosom (the seat of emotions)

Sounds the same

Read zhuó, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 酌to pour wine; to drink wine; to deliberate
• 卓outstanding
• 浊turbid; muddy; impure
• 琢to cut (gems)
• 著used in 执著
• 啄to peck
• 灼to burn; to sear; to scorch; (bound form) bright; luminous
• 濯to wash; to cleanse of evil
• 斫to chop; to hack; to carve wood
• 着to wear (clothes); to contact; to use
• 镯bracelet
• 茁to display vigorous, new growth; to sprout