The kanji ［摘］ primarily means "to pick," "to pluck," or "to select" something, usually referring to removing something from a larger whole. It often implies a gentle, careful action of taking something, like picking flowers or fruit. It can also extend to the sense of selecting or extracting information.

・On-yomi (音読み): テキ (teki) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): つ摘む (tsu摘mu)

⚫︎ 花摘み Translation: Flower picking ⚫︎ 果実を摘む Translation: To pick fruit ⚫︎ 要点を摘出する Translation: To extract the main points

The kanji ［摘］ is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字, keisei moji). It combines the radical 手 (て, te - "hand") with the phonetic 啇 (teki). The radical 手 indicates that the action involves the hand. 啇 (teki) contributes the sound and possibly the original meaning related to picking or selecting. The original form of the character might depict a hand taking something.