攉
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Meaning: to shovel
💡 Hand (扌) + fire? No, shoveling snow with a wide-mouthed shovel (霍).
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Character Story & Explanation
On a smoggy Beijing morning, a street cleaner vigorously 攉s (shovels) piles of snow into a cart. This character, with its hand radical 扌, vividly captures the sweeping, throwing motion of a shovel. Used in northern China for snow removal or grain handling, 攉 implies a quick, forceful action—not just scooping, but propelling material sideways.
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