摭
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Meaning: pick up
💡 Imagine your hand (扌) picking up a 'stone' (庶) from the ground.
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Character Story & Explanation
摭 (zhí) means 'pick up' or 'gather', often used in literary contexts. It is composed of the hand radical 扌 on the left, indicating manual action, and the phonetic component 庶 (shù) on the right. This character appears in formal writing, such as 'to pick up one's pen' (摭笔), implying a deliberate, careful action.
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