contact, touch, feel, hit, proclaim, announce, conflict
触 centers on physical or sensory contact: touching, feeling, or hitting something. The senses of proclaiming, announcing, or conflict are less common and may stem from the idea of making contact in a broader, figurative way.
触 is the modern simplified form of 觸. The older form combines 角 (horn) with 蜀, which likely contributed the sound and the idea of butting or touching with a horn. The modern form replaces 蜀 with 虫, simplifying the character.
A horn 角 and an insect 虫: imagine a horn touching an insect, making contact. The horn feels the insect, and the insect might hit back.
For ショク, imagine a shock when the horn touches the insect: shock -> ショク, and the contact creates a surprising jolt.
to touch; to feel
to touch; to feel; to handle
touch; contact; touching
proclamation; official notice
feeler; tentacle; antenna
feel (of something); touch; texture; sensation
contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching
catalyst
rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant)
detonation by contact; contact detonation
infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.); contravention; running afoul
feel; touch
contact; touch
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement
sense of touch
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as
feel; touch
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
feel; touch; texture