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撮

cuō

Character

What 撮 means

1. to pick up (a powder etc) with the fingertips
2. to scoop up
3. to collect together
4. to extract
5. to gather up
6. classifier: pinch
7. Taiwan pr. cuò

Other readings

撮 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zuǒclassifier for hair or grass: tuft; Taiwan pr. cuò

Words starting with 撮

• 撮合cuō heto play matchmaker; to act as a middleman

Words containing 撮

• 一小撮yī xiǎo cuōhandful (of)
• 公撮gōng cuōmilliliter
• 市撮shì cuōmilliliter (old)

Characters that look like 撮

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

• 播bō(bound form) to sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc)…
• 旗qíflag; variant of 旗
• 橇qiāosled; sleigh
• 撂liàoto put down; to leave behind; to throw or knock down
• 褫chǐto strip; to deprive of; to discharge
• 擞sǒuused in 抖擞

Sounds the same

Read cuō, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 磋(old) to polish bones, horns, ivory etc into tools; (bound form) to deliberate; to consult
• 搓to rub or roll between the hands or fingers; to twist
• 蹉to error; to slip; to miss
• 瑳luster of gems

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read cuō correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.