Memory phrase for the character: 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

handSimplification of this hand 手
package, pottery
wrap
can, jarThis character 缶 is rarely used in Chinese. The meaning of this radical is borrowed from Japanese: 缶 (=かん) = box. It is understood as a pestle 午 in a mortar 凵. As the pestle 午 in the mortar is vertical, it has the meaning “noon” [wǔ], as the sun is then also vertical.
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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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