Character: 椓
Modern (Beijing) reading: zhuó
Preclassic Old Chinese: trōk
Classic Old Chinese: trōk
Western Han Chinese: ṭōk
Eastern Han Chinese: ṭōk
Early Postclassic Chinese: ṭọ̄k
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ṭọ̄k
Late Postclassic Chinese: ṭọ̄k
Middle Chinese: ṭạuk
English meaning : to beat, strike; castrate
Russian meaning[s]: 1) бить; оглушить (ударом); 2) кастрировать
Shuowen gloss: 擊也.從木.豖聲. [268]
Comments: The same word is also written as 斲, 琢 and 啄 (q.v.).
Radical: 75
Four-angle index: 5615
Karlgren code: 1218 c-d
Shijing occurrences: 7.1
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