| 擢 | |||
| pull up, draw up; select | |||
| Radical | 手扌才 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 14 | Total Strokes | 17 |
| Mandarin reading | zhuó | Cantonese reading | zaak6 zok6 |
| Japanese on reading | teki taku | Japanese kun reading | nukinderu |
| Korean reading | thak | Vietnamese reading | |
| 擢 | |||
| pull up, draw up; select | |||
| Radical | 手扌才 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 14 | Total Strokes | 17 |
| Mandarin reading | zhuó | Cantonese reading | zaak6 zok6 |
| Japanese on reading | teki taku | Japanese kun reading | nukinderu |
| Korean reading | thak | Vietnamese reading | |
| 擢 | [ zhuó ] to pull out, to select, to promote |
| 擢升 | [ zhuó shēng ] to promote (sb), to upgrade, to ascend |
| 擢第 | [ zhuó dì ] to pass the civil service examination (in imperial China) |
| 擢髮難數 | [ zhuó fà nán shǔ ] lit. as difficult to count as hair pulled from sb's head (idiom), fig. innumerable (crimes) |
| ⇒ 拔擢 | [ bá zhuó ] select the best people for promotion |