The Chinese Radical: 取


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Meaning
to take / get    取

Explanation

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

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

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

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

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

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