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撷

擷
xié
verb #69,376

Meanings

  1. 1 (literary) to pick; to pluck (flowers, leaves)
  2. 2 (literary) to gather up the hem of a garment to hold things

Examples

他在菊花丛中撷了一朵花把玩。
Tā zài júhuā cóng zhōng xié le yì duǒ huā bǎ wán.
He picks a flower from among the chrysanthemums to enjoy.

Tips

history
撷 is rarely used alone in modern Chinese. In classical writing it meant to pluck flowers or to tuck up the hem to carry things; it survives mostly in the literary compound 采撷 (to gather).
register
Literary; everyday Chinese uses 采摘 for picking flowers or fruit.

Components

radical
扌 shǒu
hand
扌 is the hand radical, a left-side form of 手, since the word is about picking and holding with the hands.
phonetic
颉 jié
to fly upward; surname
颉 supplies the sound; the reading has drifted from 颉 to 撷.

Stroke Order

撷 xié