Memory phrase for the character: 掏

掏



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Meaning

to fish out (from pocket), to scoop

Pronunciation

 tāo

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: package 匋 (wrap 勹, can 缶 [Shows a mortar 凵 with a pestle 午 in it. ])

Mnemonic
 
You need your hand for something packed, to fish it out from your pocket.

Radicals

扌 handSimplification of this hand 手
匋 package, pottery
勹 wrap
缶 can, jarShows a mortar 凵 with a pestle 午 that is vertically in it.
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 Vocabulary

掏腰包 tāo yāo bāo  to pay; to foot the bill
掏包 tāo bāo  to pick pockets
掏出 tāo chū  to fish out; to take out (from a pocket, bag etc)
掏出 tāo chū  

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