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Translingual
Han character
抽 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手中田 (QLW), four-corner 55060, composition ⿰扌由)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 424, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11930
- Dae Jaweon: page 772, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1852, character 2
- Unihan data for U+62BD
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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袖
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*ljɯwɢs
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岫
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*ljɯwɢs
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牰
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*ljɯwɢs, *lɯwɢs
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抽
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*l̥ʰɯw
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妯
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*l̥ʰɯw, *l'ɯwɢ
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紬
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*l'ɯw
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怞
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*l'ɯw
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鮋
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*l'ɯw, *ɦljɯw, *lɯw
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菗
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*rlɯw
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宙
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*l'ɯwɢs
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胄
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*l'ɯwɢs
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冑
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*l'ɯwɢs
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伷
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*l'ɯwɢs
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駎
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*l'ɯwɢs
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油
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*lɯw, *lɯwɢs
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由
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*lɯw
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蚰
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*lɯw
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秞
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*lɯw
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邮
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*lɯw
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釉
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*lɯwɢs
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柚
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*lɯwɢs, *l'ɯwɢ
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鼬
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*lɯwɢs
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苖
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*l'ɯːwɢ, *l̥ʰɯwɢ
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笛
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*l'ɯːwɢ
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迪
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*l'ɯːwɢ
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頔
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*l'ɯːwɢ
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軸
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*l'ɯwɢ
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舳
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*l'ɯwɢ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l̥ʰɯw) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 由 (OC *lɯw).
Etymology 1
The slang sense is short for 抽風/抽风 (chōufēng).
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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抽
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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chōu
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Middle Chinese
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‹ trhjuw ›
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Old Chinese
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/*l̥ru/
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English
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take out, pull out
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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抽
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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15513
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Phonetic component
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由
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Rime group
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幽
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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抽
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Old Chinese
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/*l̥ʰɯw/
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Notes
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說文正體從留聲又由聲秀聲
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Definitions
抽
- to draw out
- 抽水 ― chōushuǐ ― to pump water
- to take out (object, person, time, etc.)
- to draw lots
- 抽獎/抽奖 ― chōujiǎng ― to draw for a prize
- 抽籤/抽签 ― chōuqiān ― to draw lots
- to put forth; to sprout out
- to smoke; to take in
- 抽煙/抽烟 ― chōuyān ― to smoke
- to shrink; to contract
- (literary, or in compounds) to grow; to sprout
- to whip; to flog; to cane
- (xiangqi) to fork with a check
- 將軍抽車/将军抽车 [Cantonese] ― zoeng1 gwan1 cau1 geoi1 ― check with a fork on the chariot
- (slang) to become abnormal
- 我顯示器抽了。/我显示器抽了。 ― Wǒ xiǎnshìqì chōu le. ― My monitor went crazy.
Synonyms
- (to smoke): 吸 (xī)
- (to shrink): 收縮/收缩 (shōusuō), 縮/缩 (suō)
- (to grow): 長出/长出 (zhǎngchū)
- (to whip):
- 抽打
- 鞭打 (biāndǎ)
- 鞭撻 / 鞭挞 (biāntà) (chiefly figurative)
- 鞭笞 (biānchī) (literary)
- 鞭韃 / 鞭鞑 (biāndá) (literary)
Compounds
Descendants
- → Mongolian: татах (tatax, “to inhale”) (semantic loan)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
抽
- (Cantonese) to lift up; to carry
- (Cantonese) Classifier for strung, bunched or clustered objects.
- 一抽鎖匙/一抽锁匙 [Cantonese] ― jat1 cau1 so2 si4 ― a bunch of keys
- 一抽提子 [Cantonese] ― jat1 cau1 tai4 zi2 ― a bunch of grapes
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
串 (“bunch (classifier for grapes, etc.)”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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串
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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嘟嚕, 串兒
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Taiwan
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串
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Harbin
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嘟嚕
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Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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嘟嚕
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Xi'an
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串兒, 抓兒
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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抓, 串
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Wuhan
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掛, 串
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Yangzhou
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掛
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Hefei
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掛
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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抽, 藭
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Hong Kong
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抽
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Yangjiang
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杛
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Gan
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Nanchang
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掛
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Hakka
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Meixian
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串, 叉
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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嘟嚕
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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掛, 串
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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掛
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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捾
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Quanzhou
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捾
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Zhangzhou
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捾
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Chaozhou
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球
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Shantou
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球, 串
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Jieyang
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球
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Wu
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Suzhou
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串
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Wenzhou
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串
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Xiang
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Changsha
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掛, 梂
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Shuangfeng
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絡, 抓
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Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
抽
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Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
抽 (eum 추 (chu))
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Vietnamese
Han character
抽: Hán Nôm readings: trừu, ắp, ép, ẹp, trìu
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