Kanji Detail for 掏 - "select, scoop, pickpocket"

掏

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
掏 means "select, scoop, pickpocket."
1. Select - To choose.
2. Scoop - To ladle; to draw.
3. Pickpocket - To steal from someone's person.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

pickpocket

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

take out; pull out; clean out

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to fish out (from pocket); to scoop

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to take out; to pull out; to clean out

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

To select. | Colloquially, reaching in to take things is 掏.
Onyomi

toh(とう)
Kunyomi

era.bu(えらぶ)

su.ru(する)
Strokes

12 strokes
Radical

手扌 (te・tehen)
Related Keywords
select choose scoop ladle draw pickpocket steal person