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Kanji Detail for 撮 - "photograph, film, capture"

  • Meaning

    撮 means "photograph, film, capture."

    1. To photograph - To take pictures; to film movies.

    2. To take - To pluck; to extract.

    3. To pinch - To pick with fingertips; a tiny amount.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    snapshot; take pictures

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    little bit, small amount, pinch

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to pick up (a powder etc) with the fingertips; to scoop up; to collect together; to extract; to gather up; classifier: pinch; Taiwan pr. [cuo4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    dash, pinch, small amount

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

    A measure. Sixty-four millet grains make one gui; four gui make one cuo. Now one thousandth of a sheng is 撮. | Taking with fingers is 撮, meaning pinching together and taking. Such as 撮藥. Also, gathering is 撮. Such as 撮名法之要, meaning taking the essence of two schools and combining them.
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Sentences including

  • Can someone take our picture?

  • She didn't take many photos.

  • This is the camera with which he took the picture.

  • This is a picture i took last week.

  • I had my sister take a picture of me.

  • He took a photograph of the family.

  • I had him take my picture.

  • This is a picture of my sister.

  • Let me see the pictures you took in paris.

  • Would you please take my picture?

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