Chinese symbol for “protrude”
撅
juē
to protrude; to stick out; to pout (also written 噘); to embarrass (people)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for protrude is 撅 (juē), defined as: to protrude; to stick out; to pout (also written 噘); to embarrass (people).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “protrude”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凸出 | tū chū | to protrude; to stick out |
| 龅 (齙) | bāo | (of a bucktooth) to protrude; to stick out |
| 突出 | tū chū | prominent; outstanding |
| 突 | tū | to dash; to move forward quickly |
| 凸起 | tū qǐ | convex; protruding |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 撅.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 撅嘴 | juē zuǐ | to pout |
| 直撅撅 | zhí juē juē | completely straight |
See also: Japanese symbol for “protrude”.
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.