捅
tǒng HSK7

jab

捅 tǒng
poke verb
to poke, jab, prod, or nudge someone or something physically

他用手指轻轻捅了我一下，示意我不要说话。

tā yòng shǒu​zhǐ qīng​qīng tǒng le wǒ yī​xià, shì​yì wǒ bù yào shuō​huà.

He gave me a gentle nudge with his finger, signaling me to stay quiet.

disclose verb
to reveal, expose, or bring a secret or problem to light

这个秘密终于被他给捅出来了。

zhè gè mì​mì zhōng​yú bèi tā gěi tǒng chu​lai le.

The secret was finally leaked by him.

Frequency
Character
Written text
3,361st most common 6.26 per million
Movie subtitles
2,265th most common 12.8 per million appears in 7% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
17.7 per million appears in 6% of films
Written text
9.70 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+6345

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)