chōu
draw out
Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 由 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
chōu
draw out, pull out; sprout; to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; (of certain plants) to sprout or bud; to whip or thrash
Most common words with 抽
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to draw out | ||
to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco) | ||
drawer | ||
a lottery | ||
to take out |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*l̥ru | trhjuw | chōu | take out, pull out |
Statistics
HSK level 4
Appears in 34.8711% of movies
1051st most common character in movies
1178th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+62BD |
Shuowen | “，引也。从手，畱聲。抽，或从由。，或从秀。” |
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