How to Write 叕 (zhuó) — Meaning “ancient character meaning to connect or repeatedly”

Imagine four hands (又) stacked on top of each other, all grabbing onto a single rope. This visual of multiple hands connecting in a chain helps remind you that 叕 means "to connect" or "repeatedly." The repetition of the same component four times itself represents the idea of doing something again and again.

Write 叕 by stacking four identical ‘又’ components from top to bottom. Each ‘又’ has a horizontal stroke, then a left-falling stroke, and finally a right-falling stroke. Be careful to keep each component the same size and well-spaced; a common mistake is making one too large or uneven, which ruins the stacked symmetry.

叒 (ruò) has three ‘又’ components instead of four and means "again" or "another," while 叕 has four. 叔 (shū) contains one ‘又’ plus other parts (尗) and means "uncle" or "pick up." Visually, 叕 is the only one with a vertical stack of four identical radicals, making it taller and more repetitive.

叕 is an ancient character rarely used in modern Chinese; it appears mostly in classical texts or as a rare surname. You may encounter it in dictionaries or historical references about ancient writing. It is not part of the HSK vocabulary, so learners typically do not need to memorize it for daily use, but it is interesting as a unique stacked character.

Common words containing 叕 include: 叕 (zhuó) — ancient character meaning to connect or repeatedly.