擿
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Meaning: to select
💡 Think 'tip': as in using your fingertip to pick out the best.
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Character Story & Explanation
In a bustling Beijing market, a vendor uses 擿 (tī) to describe selecting the freshest apples. This character, with hand radical 扌, implies careful picking. While rare in modern Chinese, it appears in classical texts meaning 'to pick out' or 'to reveal'. Its other pronunciation zhì means 'to throw'. Understanding 擿 enriches one's grasp of nuanced selection verbs.
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