触chù
to butt, to gore, to ram; to touch. 13 strokes, radical 角, first met in HSK 5.
Pinyin chùStrokes 13Radical 角Band HSK 5Words 1
How to write 触
Strokes 1–7 write 角, then strokes 8–13 write 虫.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 触 · the stroke-order rules
What 触 is made of
角 (jiǎo, angle) and 虫 (chóng, insect).
角 carries the meaning — horn — and 虫 carries the sound.
Words that use 触
| 接触 | to contact, get in touch with 指跟人或事物发生联系 他们深入接触群众了解需求。They got deeply in touch with the community to learn their needs. Lesson 442, 开拓启新 · 笃行自励与经世宏图 · Resolute Self-Mastery & Civic Governance |
Characters that share the sound part 虫
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.