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Kotomora

摘

pinch, pick, pluck, trim, clip, summarize

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 1,000Strokes14

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

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  • 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

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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.