擢
zhuó
#4,460 most
frequent character
to pull out, to select, to promote
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
擢 has 扌 hand as its meaning part and 翟 dí as its sound part. It first meant to pull or draw something out, and from that it grew to mean to promote.
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