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琢

zuó / zhuó
verb #52,229

Meanings

  1. 1 to ponder; to mull over; to turn something over in one's mind

Examples

让我好好琢磨一下这件事。
Ràng wǒ hǎohǎo zuómo yíxià zhè jiàn shì.
Let me think this matter over carefully.
我一直在琢磨他的意思。
Wǒ yìzhí zài zuómo tā de yìsi.
I've been mulling over what he meant.

Tips

usage
The zuó reading appears only in 琢磨 (zuómo, to ponder), where the second syllable is toneless. Same written word, different reading from 琢磨 (zhuómó), which means to polish jade.

Components

radical
王 wáng
jade
On the left this is the jade radical (the jade form of 王), not king. It marks the character as something to do with working precious stone.
phonetic
豖 chù
phonetic element
The right side is a 豕-like pig-shaped element used purely for sound; its reading has drifted far from the modern zhuó.

Stroke Order

琢 zuó