擢

to pull out / to select / to promote

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

surname Di / variant of 狄[Di2], generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)

surname Zhai

long-tail pheasant

select the best people for promotion

to promote (sb) / to upgrade / to ascend

to pass the civil service examination (in imperial China)

lit. as difficult to count as hair pulled from sb's head (idiom) / fig. innumerable (crimes)