zhāi

pluck, pick

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

啇 sound component

  Sound component

  

stalk, stem, root

Evolution

摘 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
摘 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

zhāi

pluck, pick; select; specify; to take; to borrow; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to select; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc)

Most common words with 摘
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to take

摘要

summary

摘除

to excise

采摘

to pluck

摘下

to take off