摘(zhāi)

HSK 514 strokes

to take

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Character information

Pinyin
zhāi
Meaning
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
Strokes
14
HSK level
HSK 5
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 摘 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰扌啇

To pick 扌 a fruit off a branch 啇

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

扌shǒu啇dí

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 摘 step by step

14 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 摘

Common words using 摘 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

bào报zhāi摘

news digest

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zhǐ指zhāi摘

to criticize

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cǎi采zhāi摘

to pluck; to pick

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zhāi摘qǔ取

to pluck

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zhāi摘mào帽

lit. to take off a hat

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zhāi摘chāo抄

to extract

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zhāi摘yào要

summary

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zhāi摘yì译

quoted (from)

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报指采取帽抄要译

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