Chinese Character 擢 Meanings and components.

Form

擢

Meaning

擢 meaning[3] in English

To Pull Out.

To Select.

To Promote.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 擢 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and surname Di (翟)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QSMG

How to write 擢

To write擢zhuo2to pull … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 翟di2surname Di arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 翟 = 擢

擢 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 擢 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 擢, looks as follow:

擢
Pinyin:zhuo2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Pull Out . To Select . To Promote
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
翟
Pinyin:di2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Di . Variant Of 狄[Di2], Generic Name For Northern Ethnic Minorities During The Qin And Han Dynasties (221 Bc-220 Ad)
羽
Pinyin:yu3
Meaning[3]: Feather . 5th Note In Pentatonic Scale
习
Pinyin:xi2 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Surname Xi
习
Pinyin:xi2 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Surname Xi
隹
Pinyin:zhui1
Meaning[3]: Short-Tailed Bird

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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