zhuó

pull up

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

hand

翟 unknown component

  Unknown component

zhái

  

surname

Evolution

擢 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
擢 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
擢 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
擢 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

zhuó

pull up, draw up; select; to pull out; to select; to promote

Most common words with 擢
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to pull out

擢升

to upgrade

拔擢

select the best people for promotion

擢第

to pass the civil service examination (in imperial China)

擢发难数

fig. innumerable (crimes)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*lˤrewk

draewk

zhuó

pull out, select


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4477th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Unicode

U+64E2

Shuowen

“擢,引也。从手,翟聲。”


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