- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 叟(old man; old geezer)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Groping with hands in the dark like an old man searching through bottles.
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搜刮
搜刮
to rake in (money); to plunder; to milk people dry
1 meaning#41406
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to rake in (money); to plunder; to milk people dry
- 。
He scraped together a lot of money.
COLLOCATIONS2 collocations
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 舌(blade; tongue)PHONO-SEMANTIC
- 刂(knife; blade (radical))RADICAL
A scraping blade close to the edge depicts the action of scraping, so 刮 means to scrape clean.
搜刮
Traditional搜
to rake in (money); to plunder; to milk people dry
1 meaning#41406
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to rake in (money); to plunder; to milk people dry
- 。
He scraped together a lot of money.
COLLOCATIONS2 collocations
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 叟(old man; old geezer)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Groping with hands in the dark like an old man searching through bottles.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 舌(blade; tongue)PHONO-SEMANTIC
- 刂(knife; blade (radical))RADICAL
A scraping blade close to the edge depicts the action of scraping, so 刮 means to scrape clean.
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