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摘 is a phonosemantic compound made of the hand radical 扌 on the left and the phonetic component 啇 on the right. The hand radical indicates an action performed with the hands, while 啇 provides the sound. The character's primary meaning is the act of plucking fruits or flowers from a plant, picking leaves from a branch, or removing an object with the fingers. From this concrete action, it extends to figurative uses: selecting excerpts from a text, extracting key information, or pointing out someone's faults. The right-hand component 啇, which historically meant the stalk or base of a plant, here primarily indicates the pronunciation.
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孩子摘草莓。
姐姐在花园摘花。
他摘录了重要信息。
昨天我们快乐地摘桃子。
为了做沙拉，她摘了些蔬菜。
如果成熟了，就可以摘下来。
医生摘除了他的肿瘤。
从这篇文章中，我摘抄了几个经典句子。
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