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擢
zhuó
1. to pull out
2. to select
3. to promote
Uncommon • Top 42% ✏️ 17 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

擢
zhuó
to pull up, to raise; to select
17 丶

Compound Words (4)

拔擢
bázhuó
select the best people for promotion
擢升
zhuóshēng
to promote (sb)
擢第
zhuódì
to pass the civil service examination (in imperial China)
擢发难数
zhuófànánshǔ
lit. as difficult to count as hair pulled from sb's head (idiom)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
4,476
Word Frequency Rank
35,803 of 84,292