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掇

duō

Character

What 掇 means

1. to pick up; to collect; to gather up

Words starting with 掇

• 掇刀区Duō dāo QūDuodao, a district of Jingmen City 荆门市
• 掇臀捧屁duō tún pěng pìto hold up buttocks and praise a fart (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants…
• 掇刀Duō dāosee 掇刀区

Words containing 掇

• 拾掇shí duoto clear up; to tidy up; to pick up
• 撺掇cuān duoto urge sb on
• 直掇zhí duōvariant of 直裰

Characters built on 叕

These share the phonetic component 叕 (zhuó), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 辍chuòto stop (before completion); to cease; to suspend
• 啜chuò(literary) to drink; to sip; to sob
• 裰duōto mend clothes
• 惙chuòmournful; uncertain

Characters that look like 掇

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 据jùaccording to; to act in accordance with; to depend on
• 旋xuánto revolve; a loop; a circle
• 辍chuòto stop (before completion); to cease; to suspend
• 缀zhuìto sew; to stitch together; to combine
• 惬qiè(literary) satisfied; content
• 搔sāoto scratch; old variant of 骚

Sounds the same

Read duō, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 多many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd
• 哆used in 哆嗦
• 咄(old) (interjection expressing disapproval, commiseration etc) tut!; Taiwan pr. duò
• 裰to mend clothes
• 㙍(used in place names)
• 剟to prick; to cut blocks, to engrave
• 嚉old variant of 咄