The Chinese Radical: 取


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Meaning
to take / get    取

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 2
most, the most, extreme, -est
zuì
Top: sun , below: take/hold (at the ear with the hand to grasp)
The sun takes/captures [with its shine] mostly the extreme.
JLPT HSK 3
interesting, to interest

Left: walk, leave (On earth feet have to walk.), right: take/fetch (sb. at the ear by hand )
When you walk away, try to take and hold (the memories) of: the interesting.
JLPT HSK 4
to gather together, to congregate, to assemble

Top: fetch/get (At the ear by hand to grasp him), bottom: stand side-by-side: 乑 (Image of many people standing around randomly)
If you can grasp each other and stand side-by-side, you have gathered.
JLPT HSK 4
to take, to fetch, to get, to choose

Left: ear , right: hand
Take somebody's ear with the hand to fetch it.
JLPT HSK 5
sudden, abrupt, suddenly, unexpected
zhòu
Left: horse /馬 (.. with mane, four legs und tail ㄅ), right: to gather 聚 (If you can grasp each other and stand side-by-side 乑, you have gathered)
Use the horse if the "gathering" is to take place suddenly.
JLPT HSK 5
to take a wife, to marry (a woman)

Top: take, fetch (at ear by hand to grasp), bottom: woman
To "take a woman" means to marry.
JLPT no HSK
to bring together, to shovel a heap, to gather
cuō
Left: hand , right: most, extremely 最 (The sun takes/captures [with its shine] mostly the extreme. [to take = at the ear by hand ]
The hand captures sth. extreme, when bringing things together.

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