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濯

zhuó

Character

What 濯 means

1. to wash
2. to cleanse of evil

Other readings

濯 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zhàovariant of {棹|zhào}

Words starting with 濯

• 濯濯zhuó zhuóbare and bald (of mountains); bright and brilliant; fat and sleek
• 濯盥zhuó guànto wash oneself
• 濯足zhuó zúto wash one's feet

Words containing 濯

• 洗濯xǐ zhuóto wash; to cleanse; to launder
• 浣濯huàn zhuóto wash; to rinse
• 灌濯guàn zhuóto wash; to rinse
• 牛山濯濯niú shān zhuó zhuótreeless hills (idiom)
• 童山濯濯tóng shān zhuó zhuótreeless hill; (fig.) bald head
• 祓濯fú zhuóto cleanse; to purify

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
• 擢zhuóto pull out; to select; to promote

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
• 擢to pull out; to select; to promote
• 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