Memory phrase for the character: 摘

摘

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Meaning

to pick (flowers, fruit), pluck, take, borrow

Pronunciation

zhāi

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: old emperor 啇 (mixture of emperor 帝 and old 古 [emperor 帝 = Stand up 立 and cover 冖 yourself with cloth 巾, the emperor is coming]

Mnemonic
 
The hand of the old emperor is picking/plucking sth.

Radicals

扌 handSimplification of this hand 手
帝 emperor
古 ancient, old, formerOriginally derived from the picture of a skull, hence "old". But the idea of a burial mound is also helpful.




 Vocabulary

摘要 zhāi yào  summary; abstract
采摘 cǎi zhāi  pluck; pick
摘录 zhāi lù  to extract; to excerpt
摘录 zhāi lù  

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