Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 摘

摘

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Meaning

 to pick (flowers, fruit), pluck, take, borrow

Pronunciation

 zhāi

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: old emperor 啇 (mix of emperor 帝 [He stands 立 and is covered 冖 with cloth 巾] and old 古)

Mnemonic

The hand of the old emperor is picking/plucking sth.

Radicals

扌 hand
帝 emperor
古 ancient, old, former(Originally derived from the picture of a skull, hence "old". But the idea of a burial mound is also helpful.)
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Vocabulary

摘要 zhāi yào summary; abstract
采摘 cǎi zhāi pluck; pick
摘录 zhāi lù to extract; to excerpt

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