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挑毛剔刺儿

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Pīnyīn
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HSK
erhua variant of 挑毛剔刺

Character decomposition:

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
Variant
Four corner
Cangjie
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *挑* | 挑* | *挑
9画
a load carried on the shoulders; to carry
5201.3
QLMO
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *毛* | 毛* | *毛
4画
hair, fur, feathers; coarse
2071.4
HQU
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *剔* | 剔* | *剔
10画
pick out; scrape off; scrape meat
6220.0
AHLN
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *刺* | 刺* | *刺
8画
stab; prick, irritate; prod
5290.0
DBLN
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *儿* | 儿* | *儿
2画
son, child; Kangxi radical 10
2201.0
LU

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
erhua variant of 挑毛剔刺
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挑* | 挑* | *挑
to carry on a shoulder pole / to choose / to pick / to nitpick
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挑* | 挑* | *挑
to raise / to dig up / to poke / to prick / to incite / to stir up
to find fault / to carp / nitpicking
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *毛* | 毛* | *毛
surname Mao
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *毛* | 毛* | *毛
hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen )
  
  
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *剔* | 剔* | *剔
to scrape the meat from bones / to pick (teeth etc) / to weed out
   
   
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *刺* | 刺* | *刺
(onom.) whoosh
   
   
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *刺* | 刺* | *刺
thorn / sting / thrust / to prick / to pierce / to stab / to assassinate / to murder
   
   cìr
a thorn / fig. to ridicule sb / fig. sth wrong
    
    ér
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *儿* | 儿* | *儿
child / son
    
    r
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *儿* | 儿* | *儿
non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final