How to write 啄

啄 (zhuó) 〈动〉 【本义】: 鸟用嘴取食 [Original Meaning]: Birds use their beaks to obtain food. 1. 鸟类用嘴叩击并夹住东西 ([En.] peck) [Birds strike and hold things with their beaks.] 例: ～食。～木鸟。鸡～米。 Example: Pecking for food. Woodpecker. The chicken pecks at rice. 2. 用嘴理 ([En.] preen) [Use the beak to groom.] 例: 如:啄毛 Example: For example, preening feathers. 3. 敲击 ([En.] knock) [Strike.] 例: 潘必正《杨柳枝》：归来残月窥窗角，星初落，几回欲把朱扉啄，人知觉。 Example: In Pan Bizheng's "Willow Branch": "Returning to see the waning moon peering at the window corner, with the stars just falling, how many times do I want to peck at the vermilion door, but no one notices." 4. 咬 ([En.] bite) [Bite.] 例: 《楚辞·宋玉·招魂》：虎豹九关，啄害下人些。 Example: In "Chuci - Song Yu - Invoking the Soul": "Tigers and leopards harm the people under nine barriers." 引: 1. 《说文》：啄，鸟食也。 [Shuowen: "Zhuó, bird eating."] 2. 《广雅》：啄啮也。 [Guangya: "Pecking and nibbling."] 3. 唐·白居易《钱塘湖春行》：谁家燕子啄春泥。 [Tang Dynasty, Bai Juyi, "Spring Walk by Qiantang Lake": "Whose swallows are pecking at the spring mud?"] 4. 唐·杜牧《阿房宫赋》：檐牙高啄。 [Tang Dynasty, Du Mu, "Ode to the Epang Palace": "The eaves jut high and peck."] 5. 《聊斋志异·促织》：径进以啄。 [Liaozhai Zhiyi, "The Cricket": "Directly approaching to peck."] 例: 又如: 幸啄不中。 Example: For instance, it happened to peck incorrectly. 又如: 啄抱(禽鸟幼雏破壳而出);啄啄(禽鸟取食的样子);啄饮(啄食饮水);啄噪(啄食鸣叫);啄木 Example: For example, pecking out (young birds breaking out of the shell); the action of pecking for food; pecking and drinking; pecking and chirping; woodpecking.