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chù

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chù Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chù | chu4
English translation
to butt, to gore, to ram; to touch

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About chù

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Number of strokes

20

Traditional form

chù

Contains the radical

Jué

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

horn

Etymology of chù

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

角蜀

Semantic compound

Jué

Phonetic compound

shǔ

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Jué represents the meaning and chóng represents the sound. Simplified form of chù .

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Words with chù

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
接触 jiēchù to touch接觸
chù to touch chù
触摸 chù mō to touch觸摸
触动 chù dòng to touch觸動
触及 chù jí to touch on (a topic)觸及
触发 chù fā to trigger觸發
触犯 chùfàn to violate觸犯
抵触 dǐ chù to conflict抵觸
触手 chù shǒu tentacle觸手
触角 chù jiǎo antenna觸角
一触即发 yī chù jí fā on the verge一觸即發
触电 chù diàn to be electrocuted觸電
触目惊心 chù mù jīng xīn horrible to see觸目驚心
触觉 chù jué touch觸覺
触碰 chù pèng to touch觸碰
感触 gǎn chù moved感觸
突触 tū chù synapse突觸
触怒 chù nù to anger sb觸怒
触发器 chù fā qì flip-flop (electronics)觸發器
触礁 chù jiāo (fig.) to hit a snag觸礁
笔触 bǐ chù brushwork筆觸
触须 chù xū tentacles觸鬚
触景生情 chù jǐng shēng qíng reminiscent觸景生情
触目 chù mù eye-catching觸目
触媒 chù méi catalyst觸媒

chù Decomposition & Compounds

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