揠
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Meaning: to eradicate
💡 Imagine a hand (扌) yanking a plant out of the ground – that's 揠, to eradicate.
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Character Story & Explanation
揠 (yà) means 'to eradicate' or 'to pull up', famously used in the idiom 揠苗助长 (yà miáo zhù zhǎng) – 'pulling up seedlings to help them grow', which warns against forcing progress. The radical 扌 indicates hand action, and 匽 suggests 'to hide' or 'to stop'. It appears mostly in classical texts, not daily speech.
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