The kanji 摘: meaning, readings and stroke order

摘

Meaning: pick, point out
On reading: テキ teki
Kun reading: つ（む） tsumu
Strokes: 14
Radical: 手 hand
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: hái, chỉ ra (trích)
Japanese: つむ。ゆびさしてしめす。
Korean: 따다, 지적하다 (적)
Chinese: 摘、指出

Readings, words and example sentences

テキ teki · on reading · less common

指し摘てき
pointing out
まちがいを 指し摘てきされました。
Someone pointed out my mistake.

つ（む） tsumu · kun reading

摘つむ
to pick (fruit or flowers)
庭でいちごを 摘つみます。
I pick strawberries in the garden.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.