Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 撮

撮

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Meaning

 take (a photo), film, pluck

Pronunciation

 SATSU
toru, tsumamu

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: extreme 最 (The [illumination of the] sun 日 takes 取 the extreme.) [take, hold 取 = at the ear 耳 with the hand 又]

Mnemonic

You do it with the hand and the sun(shine) is hold/preserved 取: You take a photo.

Radicals

扌 hand(Several characters are used for hand: ナ, 扌, 手, ヨ)
取 hold, take
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Vocabulary

撮る とる to take (a photo), to make (a film)
撮影 さつえい photographing

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