擿

擿 · tī

to select, to pick out from, to discard

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
tī
Cantonese
tik1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

to select, to pick out from, to discard

Dictionary definitions & readings

擿 tī · to select; to nitpick; to expose

擿 zhì · to scratch; old variant of 擲 zhì

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
31975.080:zhì,tī,zhāi Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1126.060:tī 1492.030:zhì Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
363.140:tī Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
zhì粵zaak6 tì粵tik1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
テキ ジャク チャク タク あばく かかげる さぐる なげうつ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
直炙 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
QYYB Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
5003.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0461.300 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
518.34 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0877t Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+64FF
Radical
手 · 64
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
15
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7922

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
擿
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
drjek · 直炙 · 梗開三入清澄 · #3655

PHONO-ML, source line 19016; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
596.501
kDaeJaweon
0811.020
kGSR
0877t
kHanYu
31975.080
kIRGDaeJaweon
0811.020
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
31975.080
kIRGKangXi
0461.300
kKangXi
0461.300
kMatthews
6267
kMorohashi
12922 12922:E0101
kNelson
2018
kSBGY
518.34
kSMSZD2003Index
272.02
kCangjie
QYYB
kFourCornerCode
5003.2
kMojiJoho
MJ012887 MJ012887:E0101 MJ012886:E0102 MJ012888:E0103
kPhonetic
1189
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G3-4B51
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EFD1
kIRG_JSource
J14-2D59
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-479F
kIRG_KSource
K2-3744
kIRG_TSource
T2-615D
kRSUnicode
64.15
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
EFD1
kCCCII
22353D
kCNS1986
2-615D
kCNS1992
2-615D
kGB3
4349
kJIS0213
2,13,57
kJis1
3320
kTGH
2013:7922
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+17712+64.3.15
kCantonese
tik1
kDefinition
to select, to pick out from, to discard
kFanqie
直炙
kHanyuPinyin
31975.080:zhì,tī,zhāi
kJapanese
テキ ジャク チャク タク あばく かかげる さぐる なげうつ
kJapaneseKun
KAKU
kJapaneseOn
TEKI JAKU CHAKU
kMandarin
tī
kSMSZD2003Readings
zhì粵zaak6 tì粵tik1
kTGHZ2013
363.140:tī
kTang
*djhiɛk
kXHC1983
1126.060:tī 1492.030:zhì
kSemanticVariant
U+64F2<kTang

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 擿0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
扌 beside 適 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰扌適$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰扌適$(GHTJKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.