to carry on a shoulder pole / to choose / to pick / to nitpick

= + : In front of the aorta (ao1) Mother Teresa (ti) is carrying two vultures (兆) on a toy claw (扌) used as shoulder stick (挑).
to raise / to dig up / to poke / to prick / to incite / to stir up

= + : Mother Teresa (ti) is lying motionless inside of the aorta (ao3). The vultures (兆) want to know if she's already dead, so they poke (挑) her with a toy claw (扌).

挑 character breakdown

surname Zhao
(bound form) omen / to foretell / million; mega- / (Tw) trillion; tera- / (old) billion

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: a vulture, as the ancient Greek observed vultures and deducted omens from their behavior. James II of England (zh) wants to know whether his coronation and his proposed eight-year plan is under a good omen (兆) and watches a vulture (兆) inside of the aorta's bathroom (ao4). In fact the vulture is ridden by Sun Wukong (儿) who is fighting a mean crocodile (丷) by throwing eight-balls (八) at it. The crocodile easily smashes the eight-balls with its large jaw. James II of England deduces that this is not a very good omen.
"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.

Characters with 挑 as component

挑 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 挑

to entice / to arouse / to provoke
to choose sth over another to suit one's own convenience
lit. only one end of the barber's pole is hot (idiom) / fig. one-sided enthusiasm / one party is interested, but the other, not so much / (Note: In former days, street barbers carried their equipment on a pole, with tools and a stool at one end and a brazier at the other.)
to carp / nitpicking / petty criticism
fascia / eaves board
picky about food
to sow discord
to pick / to choose / to fight a duel / Taiwan pr. [dan1 tiao1]

Sentences with 挑

挑 currently does not appear in any sentence.