pinch, pick, pluck, trim, clip, summarize
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.
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.
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.
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.
pointing out; identification
knob; handle; button
picking out; taking out; (surgical) removal
exposing; unmasking; laying bare
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up (with chopsticks, tweezers, etc.)
to pick; to pluck
fish balls; fish dumplings
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
explaining; summarizing; indicating; outlining
going to the toilet (of a woman); relieving oneself; flower picking
picking apples; harvesting apples
complete removal; total excision
total removal of an organ or tissue
oophorectomy; ovariectomy; ovarian resection; spay surgery
hysterectomy
extended hysterectomy
castration
tonsillectomy
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
picking; harvesting