觸
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chù · to butt, to gore, to ram

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20Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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角Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 觸

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Example sentences

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Chù fàn fǎ lǜ de rén shòu dào chéng fá.觸犯法律的人受到懲罰。

People who break the law are punished.

Source: Tatoeba #775468 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Hé bié rén wò shǒu de shí hòu, yí dìng yào yǒu yǎn shén jiē chù.和別人握手的時候,一定要有眼神接觸。

When you shake hands with somebody, you must look him in the eye.

Source: Tatoeba #385413 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā chù fàn huì guī, bèi tī chū le jù lè bù.他觸犯會規,被踢出了俱樂部。

He was excluded from the club for infractions of the rules.

Source: Tatoeba #349729 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zài rén lèi zì wǒ huǐ miè de biān yuán, dìyī cì jiē chù chéng le fú yīn.在人類自我毀滅的邊緣,第一次接觸成了福音。

First Contact became humanity's salvation as it was at the brink of self-destruction.

Source: Tatoeba #5576778 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Bú yào chù pèng zhè xiē huò wù.不要觸碰這些貨物。

Don't touch the goods.

Source: Tatoeba #1238383 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yóu yú yǒu jī zhī chù shǒu?魷魚有幾隻觸手?

How many arms does a squid have?

Source: Tatoeba #8377707 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 觸 in context

  1. Say chù, then recall the core meaning: to butt, to gore, to ram.
  2. Write all 20 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 觸 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.