音読み: テキ
訓読み: つむ
画数: 14
部首: てへん（手）
Meaning
Pick / Pluck / Point Out
- Basic forms
- 摘む — pick; pinch / base form
- 摘みます — picks / masu form
- 摘んだ — picked / ta form
- 摘んで — picking … / te form
- 摘まない — do not pick / negative
- 摘めば — if (one) picks / conditional
- Common expressions
- 花を摘む — pick flowers
- 芽を摘む — nip buds
- 指で摘み取る — pluck off with fingers
- More
- 摘んでいる — is picking / state
摘む（つむ） is a godan transitive verb. It means to pick or pinch something delicately with the fingers, and is often used for flowers, buds, or small objects.
- 摘む — to pick; to pluck (flowers, fruit, etc.)
- 指摘 — pointing out; indicating a problem
- 摘出 — extraction; removal (often medical)
- 摘要 — summary; abstract
- 摘発 — exposing; bringing wrongdoing to light
With the hand radical 手 on the left, 摘 captures the idea of a hand pinching and picking out something small. From physically plucking fruit to mentally picking out a mistake, the core image is selecting one item from many.