摘
pluck; pinch; pick; trim; clip; summarize
14 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 564.
Readings
- テキ (on reading): 指摘 (してき) pointing out; 摘発 (てきはつ) exposing
- つむ (kun reading): 摘む (つむ) to pick; 花摘み (はなつみ) flower picking
Components
- 扌
- 啇
- 亠 radical lid
- 冂 radical open box, upside down
- 十 radical ten
- 丷 radical horns, inverted eight
- 口 radical mouth
- ⺘ radical hand, left-side form of 手
- 立 radical stand
- 滴 radical stem; root, as in 適, 敵
Words using 摘
- 指摘 (してき) pointing out
- 摘発 (てきはつ) exposing
- 摘出 (てきしゅつ) picking out
- 摘果 (てきか) thinning out fruit
- 全摘 (ぜんてき) complete removal
- 摘む (つむ) to pick
- 花摘み (はなつみ) flower picking
- 茶摘み (ちゃつみ) tea harvesting (picking)
- 桑摘み (くわつみ) picking mulberry leaves
- 茶摘み歌 (ちゃつみうた) tea-picking song
- 摘み取る (つまみとる) to pluck
- 末摘花 (すえつむはな) safflower
39 words in all.