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觸

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: cog4
POJ: tshok
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

verb: to touch; to come in contact with, to butt; to ram
觸

Single-character entry with many senses spread across different Hokkien sub-dialects and registers (touch, butt/gore, offend, argue, jot notes, surname, Internet slang for 'true'); unclear which specific sense the Teochew reading targets, so the core literal 'touch' sense was chosen.

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