Radical 扌

11 strokes

hand 扌 (152a) + eminent 卓 (724a) = drop 掉

[用掉 (130) yòngdiào to use up]

[卖掉 (248) màidiào to sell out]

[忘掉 (569) wàngdiào to forget]

The eminent surgeon holds out his hand for the scalpel, but promptly drops it! / The two dwarf clinical assessors exchange glances — they have doubts about the surgeon’s competence (however eminent he is).

fortune teller 卜 (42a) + early 早 (633) = eminent 卓

This is easy to confuse with “daybreak” (723a).

The fortune teller got to her tent early that day, to prepare for an eminent client (picture her polishing up her crystal ball, etc.) / [No pronunciation needed]