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Radical Fingers 摘 テキ つ.む つむ Pinch Pick

Kanji
Onyomi テキ
Kunyomi つ.む
Nanori つむ
English pinch, pick, pluck, trim, clip, summarize
Examples 指摘(してき): pointing out; identification
摘む(つまむ): to pinch; to hold; to pick up
摘む(つむ): to pluck; to pick; to trim
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 564
Components 手: hand
亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8)
冂: upside-down box radical (no. 13)
古: old
Number of Strokes 14
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 64
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading て・てへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword pinch
Koohii Story 1 My grandma always pinched me with her fingers when i was playing with her antiques. Imagine her fingers, also quite antique, thin, bony and hard, pinching at your hand. "Keep your fingers away from my antiques!!".
Koohii Story 2 >_< Don´t you hate when your aunt (who is an antique) PINCHES your cheeks with her antique fingers?
RTK Index 657

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq501-750

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