Memory phrase for the character: 掏

掏

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Meaning to fish out (from pocket), to scoop

Pronunciation

tāo

Explanation

Left: hand 扌, right: package 匋 (wrap 勹, can 缶 [lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵 ])

Mnemonic
 
You need your hand for something packed, to fish it out from your pocket.

Radicals

扌 hand
匋 package, pottery
勹 wrap
缶 can, jarIn Chinese this character 缶 is hardly used. Thus its meaning "can, jar" is taken from Japanese: 缶 (=かん), which means: "the can".
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 Vocabulary

掏腰包 tāo yāo bāo  to pay; to foot the bill
掏包 tāo bāo  to pick pockets
掏出 tāo chū  to fish out; to take out (from a pocket, bag etc)
掏出 tāo chū  

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