chù

knock against, touch, to butt with the horns

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
角 meaning component

  Meaning component

jiǎojué

  

horn

蜀 sound component

  Sound component

shǔ

  

short name for Sichuan

Evolution

觸 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
觸 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
觸 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
觸 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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chù

touch; butt, ram, gore; to touch; to make contact with sth; to stir up sb's emotions

Most common words with 觸
Freq.
Word
Meaning

接触

to touch

to touch

触摸

to touch

触动

to touch

触及

to touch on (a topic)