措 cuò to arrange
How to remember 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.
Component breakdown
措 = 扌 hand + 昔 the old days
- 扌 hand
- 昔 the old days
With careful hands Grandma lays out photos from the old days across the table, taking an hour to arrange them.
How it is used
- 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.