tī
pick out
Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 易 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
tī
pick out; scrape off; scrape meat; to scrape the meat from bones; to pick (teeth etc); to weed out
Most common words with 剔
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
picky | ||
to reject | ||
to weed out | ||
to pick one's teeth | ||
pure and limpid |
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