to scrape the meat from bones / to pick (teeth etc) / to weed out

= + : Mother Teresa (ti) is picking her teeth (剔) in front of the space station (Ø1) with a kitchen knife (刂). She got something stuck in her teeth but it should be easy (易) to remove since it is only a puzzle consisting of two pieces (易).

剔 character breakdown

Kangxi radical 18 (刀[dao1]) as a vertical side element / see also 立刀旁[li4 dao1 pang2] / see also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[ce4 dao1 pang2]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a kitchen knife. Don Quixote (d) is showing off his special knifes in front of the aorta (ao1). One is made from a dinosaur bone (丨), and the other is made from a crowbar (亅).
surname Yi / abbr. for 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], the Book of Changes

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a really easy puzzle consisting of only two parts.

= + : Maud Younger and the sun are trying to complete a really easy puzzle in the space station's bathroom. It's not as easy as they thought though, because in zero gravity they can only move with the help of their bat wings.
easy / amiable / to change / to exchange / prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible"

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a really easy puzzle consisting of only two parts.

= + : Maud Younger and the sun are trying to complete a really easy puzzle in the space station's bathroom. It's not as easy as they thought though, because in zero gravity they can only move with the help of their bat wings.

Characters with 剔 as component

剔 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 剔

picky / fussy
to reject / to discard / to get rid of
to pick one's teeth
erhua variant of 挑毛剔刺[tiao1 mao2 ti1 ci4]
excellent in every respect / flawless
excellent in every respect / flawless
exquisitely made / very clever
pure and limpid / (of a person) quick-witted
to find fault / to carp / nitpicking

Sentences with 剔

剔 currently does not appear in any sentence.