掏
Tap the pinyin to hear it
to fish out (from pocket); to scoop
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 手 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 掏
- Common rank
- #3,194
- Unicode
- U+638F
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 掏 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 meaning “hand” + 匋 sound ()
Components 扌 匋
How to remember it
draw out · Heisig RSH #2885
fingers + canteen
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 掏
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自掏腰包 | to pay out of one's own pocket; to dig into one's pocket | |
| 掏腰包 | to dip into one's pocket; to pay out of pocket; to foot the bill | |
| 掏出 | to fish out; to take out (from a pocket, bag etc) | |
| 掏空 | to hollow out; to empty out; to use up; (finance) tunneling | |
| 掏包 | to pick pockets | |
| 掏耳 | to remove earwax with an ear pick | |
| 掏钱 | to pay; to spend money; to fork out | |
| 掏心掏肺 | to be totally devoted (to a person) | |
| 掏耳勺 | ear pick |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 匋 — compare how they read.