扌

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

扌 = 二 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.

扌 character breakdown

扌
- 亅
- 二
  - 一

jué = ju + e2

"vertical stroke with hook" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 6) / see also 豎鉤|竖钩[shu4 gou1]

Mnemonic symbol: 亅 looks like a crowbar. Zeus (ju) is bored and presses all the buttons next to the elevator kitchen's (e2) door with his crowbar (亅).

二

èr = Ø + Ø4

two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid

二 = 一 : Mnemonic symbol: a capacitor, because the two strokes remind me of the symbol in electrical drawings. Albert Einstein (Ø) is experimenting with a capacitor (二) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He finds that it's uncomfortable to discharge a capacitor using two flutes (一).

Characters with 扌 as component

抽

cho̅u = ch + ou1

to draw out / to pull out from in between / to remove part of the whole / (of certain plants) to sprout or bud / to whip or thrash

抽 = 扌 + 由 : A giant cuba libre (由) is on display in front of the outhouse (ou1), and Charlie Chaplin (ch) fell inside. He can only be rescued with the help of a toy claw (扌) with which someone pulls him out (抽).

抄

cha̅o = ch + ao1

to make a copy / to plagiarize / to search and seize / to raid / to grab / to go off with / to take a shortcut / to make a turning move / to fold one's arms

抄 = 少 + 扌 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) likes the Smiley's (少) happy face and wants to copy (抄) it for his own comedy. He seizes (抄) Smiley in front of the aorta (ao1) and drags him to a photocopier using a toy claw (扌).

摆

擺

bǎi = b + ai3

to arrange / to exhibit / to move to and fro / a pendulum

摆 = 扌 + 罢 : Beelzebub (b) is on a strike (罢) again, this time in the airplane (ai3). The central action of his strike is to stop the royal pendulum (摆) using a toy claw (扌) and laughing devilishly.

扫

掃

sào = s + ao4

broom

扫

掃

sǎo = s + ao3

to sweep

扫 = 彐 + 扌 : Socrates (s) is sweeping the aorta (ao3) using a broom (扫). There are big pig snouts (彐) lying around on the floor which he picks up using a toy claw (扌) because they are too big to sweep (扫).

摸

mo̅ = m + o1

to feel with the hand / to touch / to stroke / to grope / to steal / to abstract

摸 = 扌 + 莫 : Mozart (莫) finds Mahatma Gandhi (m) lying motionless in front of the observatory (o1), and since there is none who (莫) is allowed to touch him he uses a toy claw (扌) to feel (摸) his pulse.

摸

mó = m + o2

variant of 摹[mo2]

扩

擴

kuò = ku + o4

to enlarge

扩 = 广 + 扌 : Karl Koala (ku) wants to enlarge (扩) his parachute (广) in the observatory's bathroom (o4), so he stretches it with two toy claws (扌).

扬

揚

yáng = y + ang2

to raise / to hoist / the action of tossing or winnowing / scattering (in the wind) / to flutter / to propagate

扬 = 𠃓 + 扌 : At the end of the day, Maud Younger (y) hoists (扬) a red lantern to show the visitors of the anglepod that the kitchen (ang2) is closed. Half the way up though the lantern gets stuck, so Maud Younger has to put on her Icarus' wings (𠃓), fly to the lantern and free it using a toy claw (扌).

扬

揚

yáng = y + ang2

abbr. for 揚州|扬州[Yang2 zhou1] / surname Yang

扬

敭

yáng = y + ang2

variant of 揚|扬[yang2]

择

擇

zé = z + e2

to select / to choose / to pick over / to pick out / to differentiate / to eliminate / also pr. [zhai2]

择 = 丨 + 又 + 扌 + 二 : Zorro (z) has to select (择) his new weapon between two terrible choices (择) in the elevator's kitchen (e2): there is either a boxing glove (又) or a dinosaur bone (丨). He has to select one using a toy claw (扌), but he has to choose wisely: one of the items is hooked to a charged capacitor (二) which will shock Zorro should he take the wrong choice (择).

措

cuò = cu + o4

to handle / to manage / to put in order / to arrange / to administer / to execute / to take action on / to plan

措 = 扌 + 昔 : Kitty Cat (cu) managed (措) to create a milk shake (昔) machine in the observatory's bathroom (o4) using many toy claws (扌) connected to electric motors. The machine handles (措) the whole operation of making the milk shakes.

擦

ca̅ = c + a1

to wipe / to erase / rubbing (brush stroke in painting) / to clean / to polish

擦 = 察 + 扌 : The undercover agent (察) found out that soon the super villain he is following will arrive at the ashram. As he waits in front of the lighthouse (a1) the King of Chu (c) arrives. Certain that it must be the villain the agent quickly tries to rub off (擦) the King's make-up using a toy claw (扌), hoping to unmask the villain.

Words with 扌

扌 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 扌

扌 currently does not appear in any sentence.