摘

zhāi

to take; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc)

to select; to pick out; to borrow money at a time of urgent need

hand (扌) + perched-on-top (啇) = pluck or remove

啇 depicts a candle or lamp stand — something perched atop a stem, ready to be lifted off. The hand radical turns that image of 'detachment from a top' into the act of plucking or removing.

扌+啇→摘
啇Something sitting atop a stemSemantic
扌HandSemantic

她从树上摘了几个苹果。

tā cóng shù shàng zhāi le jǐ gè píng guǒ。

she picked a few apples from the tree.

他进屋前摘下帽子,放在桌上。

tā jìn wū qián zhāi xià mào zi,fàng zài zhuō shàng。

he took off his hat before entering the room and placed it on the table.

Words with 摘

摘要

zhāi yào

summary

摘下

zhāi xià

to take off; to remove (one's hat, a door from its hinges etc)

指摘

zhǐ zhāi

to criticize

摘金

zhāi jīn

to win a gold medal

报摘

bào zhāi

news digest

采摘

cǎi zhāi

to pluck

摘借

zhāi jiè

to borrow money

摘取

zhāi qǔ

to pluck

摘帽

zhāi mào

lit. to take off a hat

摘帽子

zhāi mào zi

lit. to take off a hat

摘引

zhāi yǐn

to quote; to cite

摘抄

zhāi chāo

to extract

More characters with 扌

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