zhuó
pull up
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 擢
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to pull out | ||
to upgrade | ||
select the best people for promotion | ||
to pass the civil service examination (in imperial China) | ||
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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