撤

chè

to remove; to take away

hand (扌) + strike (攵) = remove and take away

A hand acts, something is struck or nudged away, and whatever was being raised or carried gets withdrawn. 育 likely contributes phonetically here; the hand radical and 攵 (a light strike) carry the action of removal.

扌+育+攵→撤
扌HandSemantic
攵A light strikeSemantic
育To raisePhonetic

请把桌上的碗撤掉。

qǐng bǎ zhuō shàng de wǎn chè diào。

Please remove the bowls from the table.

会议结束后,工作人员撤走了所有的椅子。

huì yì jié shù hòu, gōng zuò rén yuán chè zǒu le suǒ yǒu de yǐ zi。

After the meeting ended, the staff took away all the chairs.

Words with 撤

撤除

chè chú

to remove

撤侨

chè qiáo

to evacuate (e.g. foreign civilians from a war zone)

不可撤销信用证

bù kě chè xiāo xìn yòng zhèng

irrevocable letter of credit

后撤

hòu chè

to pull back (an army)

撤离

chè lí

to withdraw from

撤销

chè xiāo

to repeal

撤下

chè xià

to withdraw

撤兵

chè bīng

to withdraw troops

撤出

chè chū

to withdraw

撤回

chè huí

to recall

撤换

chè huàn

to dismiss and replace (sb)

撤款

chè kuǎn

to withdraw money

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