Tom took out his wallet and paid the bill.
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掏
Traditional: 搯
tāo
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tāo · tou4 (Jyutping)
- to fish out (from pocket)
- to scoop
- variant of 掏[tao1]
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Character breakdown
掏
- Meaning
- take out; pull out; clean out
- Radical
- 扌
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- ⿰扌匋
- Cangjie
- QPOU
- Four-corner
- 5702.0
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Example sentences
Tom took out his key and opened the door.
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