捅
Tap the pinyin to hear it
to poke; to jab; to give (sb) a nudge; to prod; to disclose; to reveal
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 手 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 捅
- Common rank
- #4,270
- Unicode
- U+6345
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 捅 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 meaning “hand” + 甬 sound ()
Components 扌 甬
Words with 捅
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 捅马蜂窝 | (fig.) to stir up a hornet's nest | |
| 捅楼子 | variant of 捅婁子|捅娄子[tong3 lou2 zi5] | |
| 捅娄子 | to make a mess of sth | |
| 捅破 | to pierce; to poke through |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 甬 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 甬 sound part | path; river in Ningbo; Ningbo | |
| 通 | to pass through, to open, to connect; to communicate; common | |
| 痛 | ache, pain; bitterness, sorrow; deeply, thoroughly | |
| 勇 | brave, courageous, fierce | |
| 涌 | to surge up, to bubble up, to gush forth | |
| 桶 | bucket, pail, tub; can, cask, keg | |
| 诵 | to chant, to recite, to repeat, to read aloud | |
| 蛹 | pupa, chrysalis | |
| 俑 | wooden figure buried with dead | |
| 恿 | to instigate, to incite, to alarm | |
| 埇 | the name of a bridge | |
| 踊 | to leap | |
| 勈 | brave |