The puppy came running over with its tail sticking up.
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usage
Most commonly appears in the phrase 撅嘴 (juēzuǐ, to pout). The variant 噘 (juē) is specifically for pouting lips: 噘嘴. Both characters are interchangeable in this meaning.
Left-side hand radical, three strokes - the side-form of 手. Anchors 撅 as a hand action: to stick out (one's lip in a pout), to dig up, to break off. Same hand family of brisk, tactile actions: 撕 (rip), 摔 (throw down), 撞 (collide), 撅 (jut out).
Right side 厥 supplies the sound - jué shifting to juē with a tone drop. Originally 厥 named a kind of fainting fit; in 撅 it is pure phonetic. The same jué/juē phonetic powers 蹶 (to stumble) and 獗 - clustering chars in the same sound neighbourhood.
