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CHINESE CHARACTER

zhāi

摘

摘

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to take

Numbered pinyin
zhai1
English meanings
to take, to borrow, to pick (flowers, fruit etc), to pluck, to select, to remove, to take off (glasses, hat etc)

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 扌; right 啇.

  • Left

    扌
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  • Right

    啇
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    • Top

      ⿱
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    • Bottom

      ⿵
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      • Outside

        冂
      • Inside

        古
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This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰扌啇

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    zhāi摘píngguǒ苹果。

    Pick apples.

  2. 02

    zhāi摘xiàlai下来。

    Pick it down.

  3. 03

    zhāi摘huā花。

    Pick flowers.

  4. 04

    bié别luàn乱zhāi摘。

    Don't pick carelessly.

  5. 05

    zhāi摘le了。

    Picked it.

  6. 06

    shùnshǒu顺手zhāi摘。

    Pick it casually.

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