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Character

触

chù HSK 5
触 chù HSK 5
  • 1. to touch, bump into, or encounter
  • 2. to stir, move emotionally
  • 3. to come into contact with
  • 4. to butt against, push against
Words using 触 as chù (8)
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  • 6 触犯 chù fàn — to violate HSK 7
    • 触 to touch, to come into contact with
    • 犯 to violate, to offend, to commit (an offense)
    Example

    他触犯了法律，被警察逮捕了。

    tā chù fàn le fǎ lǜ bèi jǐng chá dài bǔ le

    He violated the law and was arrested by the police.

  • 7 触目惊心 chù mù jīng xīn — shocking to see, appalling HSK 7
    • 触 come into contact with, encounter (with the eyes)
    • 目 eye, sight, vision
    • 惊 shock, startle, alarm
    • 心 heart, mind, emotions
    Example

    战争过后的城市景象触目惊心。

    zhàn zhēng guò hòu de chéng shì jǐng xiàng chù mù jīng xīn

    The city scene after the war was shocking to see.

  • 8 触觉 chù jué — sense of touch HSK 7
    • 触 touch, contact
    • 觉 sense, perception
    Example

    婴儿通过触觉来探索世界。

    yīng ér tōng guò chù jué lái tàn suǒ shì jiè

    Babies explore the world through their sense of touch.

Structure & writing
触 chù — to touch, bump into, or encounter

触 is not used as a component in any other character.

consists of

1 角 jiǎo — horn (hard growth on an animal's head, typically long, curved, and pointed)
Xpinyin
角 is a component in 5 characters
HSK 3
嘴 zuǐ mouth (of a person or animal); organ for eating and speaking 解 jiě to split open; to separate
HSK 4
确 què accurate; true; factual
HSK 5
衡 héng steelyard beam; weighing instrument such as a scale or balance 触 chù to touch, bump into, or encounter
2 虫 chóng — person with a certain trait (often derogatory or humorous)
虫 is a component in 28 characters
HSK 1
蛋 dàn egg (of birds, turtles, snakes, etc.); a shelled ovum that can hatch if fertilized
HSK 2
虽 suī although; even though (used in the first clause, often paired with 'but' in the second clause)
HSK 5
独 dú single; alone 蛇 shé snake; a legless, scaly reptile, often venomous 蝴 hú used in 蝴蝶 (butterfly): insect with large, colorful wings held upright at rest, slender abdomen, feeds on nectar; some larvae are pests, others prey on aphids 蝶 dié butterfly 触 chù to touch, bump into, or encounter
HSK 6
虹 hóng rainbow (colorful arc in the sky after rain, with seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet) 蚁 yǐ ant (small insect living in colonies, typically black, brown, or red, with threadlike or clubbed antennae and a narrow waist) 蚂 mǎ see "蚂蟥"; common name for leeches 蜂 fēng bee, wasp, or hornet; a hymenopteran insect with a venomous sting 蜜 mì honey, the thick sweet liquid produced by bees from flower nectar
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融 róng melt; soften when heated
HSK 7
浊 zhuó (of water, air, etc.) murky, impure, turbid — opposite of 清 烛 zhú candle, a wax object with a wick used for lighting 虾 xiā shrimp; prawn (aquatic arthropod with segmented body and thin transparent shell) 蚀 shí to lose; to damage; to deplete 蚊 wén mosquito
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蛀 zhù wood-boring or fabric-eating insect; moth; weevil 蛙 wā frog (amphibian that hatches from eggs as tadpoles, with no tail, long hind legs, short forelegs, and webbed toes; good at jumping and swimming; feeds on insects, beneficial to agriculture) 蛮 mán rude and unreasonable 蜡 là wax (solid fatty substance extracted from animals, plants, or petroleum) 蝇 yíng fly (insect); housefly 螃 páng crab (crustacean with a hard shell, claws, and sideways gait) 螺 luó snail or spiral-shelled mollusk (e.g. freshwater snail, conch, screw snail) 蟹 xiè crab; arthropod amphibious creature with a hard shell, clawed front legs, and a segmented abdomen 蠢 chǔn slow-witted, stupid, clumsy and inflexible 骚 sāo to disturb, to cause unrest

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