挦
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Meaning: to pull out
💡 Think 'hand searching (寻) to pull out' — like tweezing a stray hair.
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Character Story & Explanation
Detective character 挦 (xián) reveals its past: originally 'to pull out feathers' from birds. Its left radical 扌 (hand) and right 寻 (search) hint at a hand searching and extracting. Today it's used for pulling out hairs or threads, like tweezing eyebrows or unraveling a stitch.
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