Memory phrase for the character: 撮

撮

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Meaning

to bring together, to shovel a heap, to gather

Pronunciation

cuō

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: most, extremely 最 (The sun 日 takes/captures 取 [with its shine] mostly the extreme. [to take 取 = at the ear 耳 by hand 又]

Mnemonic
 
The hand captures sth. extreme, when bringing things together.

Radicals

扌 handSimplification of this hand 手
日 sun, dayThis radical was developed from a circle with a central dot as the image of the sun. As you can hardly draw circles or dots with a brush, it became the current rectangular shape.
取 to take / get




 Vocabulary

撮合 cuō he  to play matchmaker; to act as a middleman
公撮 gōng cuō  milliliter
公撮 gōng cuō  

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