Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

564 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: pinch, pick, pluck, trim, clip, summarize

Kunyomi: つ.む

Onyomi: テキ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: hand

Examples

Onyomi Examples

テキハツ exposing, unmasking, laying bare

テキシュツ picking out, taking out, (surgical) removal, exposure

Kunyomi Examples

つむ to pick, to pluck, to snip, to cut, to nip, to trim