Chinese symbol for “poke”
捅
tǒng
to poke; to jab; to give (sb) a nudge; to prod; to disclose; to reveal
The closest CC-CEDICT match for poke is 捅 (tǒng), defined as: to poke; to jab; to give (sb) a nudge; to prod; to disclose; to reveal.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “poke”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挑 | tiǎo | to raise; to dig up |
| 拨 (撥) | bō | to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial |
| 杵 | chǔ | pestle; to poke |
| 拨动 (撥動) | bō dòng | to stir; to prod |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 捅.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 捅破 | tǒng pò | to pierce; to poke through |
| 捅娄子 (捅婁子) | tǒng lóu zi | to make a mess of sth |
| 捅马蜂窝 (捅馬蜂窩) | tǒng mǎ fēng wō | (fig.) to stir up a hornet's nest |
| 捅楼子 (捅樓子) | tǒng lóu zi | variant of 捅娄子 (tǒng lóu zi) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “poke”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.