Simplified:

On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C2.

kōu ㄎㄡ

    • to dig to pick to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed)
    • to carve to cut
    • to study meticulously
    • stingy miserly
    • to lift up (esp. the hem of a robe)

How 摳 is written

    部首 radical
    a form of
    笔画 strokes
    14, with 11 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    形旁 meaning
    声旁 sound

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