摘
pinch, pick, pluck, trim, clip, summarize
Readings
On'yomi
- テキ
Kun'yomi
- つ.む
Nanori
- つむ
Meaning
摘 centers on using fingers to remove or select a small part from a whole: pinching, picking, plucking, trimming, or clipping. The summarize sense extends this idea to selecting key points from a larger text.
Most common words using 摘
20 of 44- 指摘してきN1
pointing out; identification
- 摘みつまみ
knob; handle; button
- 摘出てきしゅつ
picking out; taking out; (surgical) removal
- 摘発てきはつN1
exposing; unmasking; laying bare
- 摘むつまむN2
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up (with chopsticks, tweezers, etc.)
- 摘むつむN1
to pick; to pluck
- 摘入つみれ
fish balls; fish dumplings
- 摘み取るつみとる
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
- 摘示てきし
explaining; summarizing; indicating; outlining
- お花摘みおはなつみ
going to the toilet (of a woman); relieving oneself; flower picking
- りんご摘みりんごつみ
picking apples; harvesting apples
- 全摘ぜんてき
complete removal; total excision
- 全摘出ぜんてきしゅつ
total removal of an organ or tissue
- 卵巣摘出らんそうてきしゅつ
oophorectomy; ovariectomy; ovarian resection; spay surgery
- 子宮摘出しきゅうてきしゅつ
hysterectomy
- 広汎子宮全摘出術こうはんしきゅうぜんてきしゅつじゅつ
extended hysterectomy
- 性腺摘除せいせんてきじょ
castration
- 扁桃摘出術へんとうてきしゅつじゅつ
tonsillectomy
- 掻い摘むかいつまむ
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
- 摘み取りつみとり
picking; harvesting
Study
Etymology
摘 combines 扌 (hand) with 啇, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to selecting or separating. The exact historical development of 啇 is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
The left hand 扌 reaches toward the right side 啇, which looks like a plant with leaves and a stem. Picture fingers pinching off a leaf or picking a small fruit.
Reading mnemonic
For テキ, imagine using your hand to pick a sticky note off a desk: the sticky texture cues テキ as you pluck the note away.