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cuō

dash, pinch, small amount

🔤 Pictophonetic: 扌 (hand) provides meaning, 最 provides pronunciation

HSK 15 strokes Uncommon (35%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

most, extremely, exceedingly; superlative

⿰扌最 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

shǒu

扌

hand

📷 Pictographic: A hand with the fingers splayed; compare 手

3 strokes

èr

二

two; twice

💡 Ideographic: Two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three)

2 strokes HSK 1

jué

亅

hook

1 strokes

zuì

最

most, extremely, exceedingly; superlative

💡 Ideographic: To take place 取 under the sun 日 (that is, everywhere)

12 strokes HSK 2

rì

日

sun; day; daytime

📷 Pictographic: The sun

4 strokes HSK 2

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

qǔ

取

to take, to receive, to obtain; to select

💡 Ideographic: A hand 又 taking the ear 耳 of a fallen enemy

8 strokes HSK 4

ěr

耳

ear; to hear, to hear of; handle

📷 Pictographic: An ear

6 strokes HSK 3

unknown

Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical

4 strokes

èr

二

two; twice

💡 Ideographic: Two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three)

2 strokes HSK 1

yòu

又

and, also, again, in addition

📷 Pictographic: A right hand, representing a pair; compare 左

2 strokes HSK 3

Words Using 撮 (5)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

to play matchmaker / to act as a middleman

cuōhe

撮合 ↗

to play matchmaker / to act as a middleman

撮 ↗

cuō

to pick up (a powder etc) with the fingertips / to scoop up / to collect together / to extract / to gather up / classifier: pinch

cuō

撮 ↗

to pick up (a powder etc) with the fingertips / to scoop up / to collect together / to extract / to gather up / classifier: pinch

撮 ↗

zuǒ

classifier for hair or grass: tuft

zuǒ

撮 ↗

classifier for hair or grass: tuft