掏

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to fish out (from pocket); to scoop

11 strokes Dict coverage rank #3,194 U+638F

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 匋 (phonetic, táo)

components: 扌匋

draw out · Heisig RSH #2885

fingers + canteen

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 匋

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 匋 (táo) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
匋 sound component	táo	pottery
萄	táo	grapes
淘	táo	to dredge, to sieve; to cleanse, to weed out
啕	táo	to wail
醄	táo	drunk, flushed, happy

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
自掏腰包	zì tāo yāo bāo	to pay out of one's own pocket; to dig into one's pocket
掏腰包	tāo yāo bāo	to dip into one's pocket; to pay out of pocket; to foot the bill
掏出	tāo chū	to fish out; to take out (from a pocket, bag etc)
掏空	tāo kōng	to hollow out; to empty out; to use up; (finance) tunneling
掏包	tāo bāo	to pick pockets
掏耳	tāo ěr	to remove earwax with an ear pick
掏钱	tāo qián	to pay; to spend money; to fork out
掏心掏肺	tāo xīn tāo fèi	to be totally devoted (to a person)
掏耳勺	tāo ěr sháo	ear pick