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摘

摘 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

pinch, pick, pluck, trim, clip, summarize

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • テキJHS
Kun (native)
  • つ(む)JHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • つむ
Other languages
  • 拼音zhai1
  • 拼音zhe2
  • 한글jeog
  • Hán-ViệtTrích

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+6458

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌啇

Words using this kanji

  • 摘発てきはつ隠されている悪事や不正を暴き世間に公表すること。exposing, unmasking, laying bare
  • 摘出てきしゅつ摘まみ出すこと。 手術により悪い所や不要な所などを取り除くこと。 暴き出すこと。picking out, taking out, (surgical) removal, exposure
  • 摘むつまむ「つむ」を参照。to pinch, to hold (between one's fingers), to pick up (with chopsticks, tweezers, etc.), to pick up and eat
  • 摘みつまみknob, handle, button, snack (to have with a drink)
  • 摘むつむ「つむ」を参照。to pick, to pluck, to snip, to cut
  • 摘み取るつみとるto pluck, to pick, to nip off
  • 摘要てきよう重要な箇所の抜き書き。summary, outline, remarks column, space for notes
  • 摘取てきしゅpicking, plucking up
  • 摘記てっき要点などをかいつまんで記録すること。summarization, summarisation, epitome
  • 摘果てきか果樹などで着果の調節のため果実の小さい時に間引くこと。thinning out fruit, removing superfluous fruit
  • 摘心てきしん「摘芯」の別表記。thinning (buds and branches)
  • 摘芽てきがthinning out buds
  • 摘録てきろくsummary
  • 摘入つみれfish balls, fish dumplings
  • 摘葉てきようpruning excess leaves, leaf thinning
  • 摘蕾てきらいremoving extra buds (to promote the growth of those remaining), disbudding, fruit thinning
  • 摘示てきし要点を拾って、または暴いて示すこと。explaining, summarizing, indicating, outlining
  • 摘み物つまみものsnack (to have with a drink), side dish
  • 摘み草つみくさpicking herbs and wildflowers
  • 摘要欄てきようらんremarks column, space for notes

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-11
Four Corner
5002.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c11.5
Heisig
709
Nelson
1987