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摘 — Pinch

JLPT N114 strokesSecondary school#564 most used
pinch, pick, pluck, trim, clip, summarize
On’yomiテキ (teki)
Kun’yomi (tsumu)

Stroke order (14 strokes)

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Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Common words using 摘

WordReadingMeaning
指摘してき
shiteki
pointing out; identification
摘発てきはつ
tekihatsu
exposing; unmasking; laying bare
摘出てきしゅつ
tekishutsu
picking out; taking out; (surgical) removal
摘みつまみ
tsumami
knob; handle; button
摘むつむ
tsumu
to pick; to pluck; to snip
摘むつまむ
tsumamu
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up (with chopsticks, tweezers, etc.)

Study notes

摘 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 14 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #564 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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