Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 掏

掏

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to fish out (from pocket), to scoop

tāo

Left: hand 扌, right: package 匋 (wrap 勹, can 缶 [lid

and can opener 十 of that can 凵 ])

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

扌	hand
匋	package, pottery
勹	wrap
缶	can, jar	(In Chinese this character 缶 is hardly used. Thus its meaning "can, jar" is taken from Japanese: 缶 (=かん), which means: "the can".)

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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)

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