Taxonomy of meanings for 擢:　　

  • 擢 zhuó (OC: rleewɡ MC: ɖɯɔk) 直角切 入 廣韻：【拔也抽也出也 】
    • PROMOTE
      • vtoNpromote
    • PULL
      • vtoNpull up and out
      • vtoNconativetry to pull up and out
      • vtoNfigurativeuprootCH
    • REMOVE
      • vtoNremove; eliminate; take away
    • HIGH
      • EARN
        • NAVIGATE
          • = 戳
          • = 掉

          Additional information about 擢

          說文解字: 【擢】，引也。从手、翟聲。 【直角切】 〔小徐本此字次於「披」字之後。〕

            Criteria
          • BANISH

            [BASIC/MARGINAL]

            [CURRENT/RARE]

            [DRAMATIC/UNDRAMATIC]

            [GENERAL/SPECIFIC]

            [LASTING/TEMPORARY]

            1. The main general word is fàng 放 (ant. huán 還 "reinstate as a citizen and inhabitant of a country"), which refers to any official act of removing a person from his permanent abode for a certain time, or in perpetuity.

            [LASTING], [OFFICIAL]

            2. Chū 出 refers abstractly to the act of causing someone to leave a territory.

            [GENERAL], [MARGINAL]

            3. Zhú 逐 refers informally and more dramatically to the action of driving away someone not necessarily on the basis of an official or legal decision.

            [DRAMATIC]

            4. Qū 軀 is a dramatic term for the removal of a person or animal from one's presence.

            [DRAMATIC+], [MARGINAL]; [[RARE]]

            5. Chù 黜, biǎn 貶 and zhé 謫 "banish from office (and remove to lower office)" (ant. zhuó 擢 "appoint to a higher position") are perhaps marginal in this group, but these common bureaucratic term describing the demotion of a person from his position and often his banishment from the court. See DEMOTE.

            [OFFICIAL]

          • PROMOTE

            1. The specific general term for bureaucratic promotion is the not very common zhuó 擢 (ant. chù 黜 "demote").

            2. The most current general-use words for raising the status of someone are jǔ 舉 (ant. jiàng 降 "lower the rank of") and jìn 進 (ant. tuì 退 "demote").

            3. Bá 拔 (ant. miǎn 免 "dismiss without necessarily removing from the hierarchy altogether") and qiān 遷 (ant. chū 出 "remove and transfer to a lower position") are standard bureaucratic terms for promotion in office.

            4. Chāo 超 refers specifically to raising someone by more than one level at the time, and this bureaucratic term became current in Han times.

          • PULL

            1. The general current word for pulling anything in any direction is yǐn 引, and the word is also used in figurative senses.

            2. Yì 曳 refers to dragging something behind one.

            3. Qiān 牽 refers to pulling and leading something in a desired direction.

            4. Chōu 抽 and yú 揄 refer to pulling something outward from an inside, typically in order to use it or in order to take and have it.

            5. Zhuó 擢 is to pull something up and out of its base.