chù

to touch

to make contact with sth; to stir up sb's emotions

horn (角) + creature (虫) = to touch, to make contact

A horn's pointed tip makes the ideal image of physical contact — pressing against something. 虫 mainly contributes the sound chù; the horn carries the meaning of touch.

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InsectPhonetic
HornSemantic

请不要摸展览品。

qǐng bú yào chù mō zhǎn lǎn pǐn。

Please do not touch the exhibits.

这首歌动了我内心深处的感情。

zhè shǒu gē chù dòng le wǒ nèi xīn shēn chù de gǎn qíng。

This song stirred up the deep feelings inside my heart.

Words with 触

灵感触发图

líng gǎn chù fā tú

mind map

点触

diǎn chù

to tap

一触即溃

yī chù jí kuì

to collapse on the first encounter

一触即发

yī chù jí fā

could happen at any moment

不触目

bù chù mù

unobtrusive

切触

qiè chù

osculation (higher order tangency)

多点触控

duō diǎn chù kòng

multi-touch (computing)

密切接触者

mì qiè jiē chù zhě

(epidemiology) close contact

触控板

chù kòng bǎn

(Tw) (computing) touchpad

触控笔

chù kòng bǐ

(computing) stylus pen

性接触

xìng jiē chù

sexual contact

感触

gǎn chù

one's thoughts and feelings

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