措 cuò to arrange
怎么记住“措”: 扌 hand + 昔 the old days = to arrange. With careful hands Grandma lays out photos from the old days across the table, taking an hour to arrange them.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
措 = 扌 hand + 昔 the old days
- 扌 hand meaning
- 昔 the old days sound
With careful hands Grandma lays out photos from the old days across the table, taking an hour to arrange them.
How it came to be
The hand gives the meaning and the right part gives the sound.
用法
- Bound character, essentially confined to two contexts: 措施 cuòshī "a measure/step taken" (采取措施 "to take measures") and the idiom 不知所措 bùzhī-suǒcuò "at a loss for what to do."
- Never used as a standalone verb, always inside a fixed compound.