抽

抽 U+62BD, 抽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62BD ← 押 [U+62BC] CJK Unified Ideographs 抾 → [U+62BE]

Translingual

Han character

抽 (radical 64 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手中田 (QLW), four-corner 5506₀, composition ⿰扌由)

References

• KangXi: page 424, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11930
• Dae Jaweon: page 772, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1852, character 2
• Unihan data for U+62BD

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		抽

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (由) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
袖	ljɯwɢs
岫	ljɯwɢs
牰	ljɯwɢs, *lɯwɢs
抽	l̥ʰɯw
妯	l̥ʰɯw, *l'ɯwɢ
紬	l'ɯw
怞	l'ɯw
鮋	l'ɯw, *ɦljɯw, *lɯw
菗	rlɯw
宙	l'ɯwɢs
胄	l'ɯwɢs
冑	l'ɯwɢs
伷	l'ɯwɢs
駎	l'ɯwɢs
油	lɯw, *lɯwɢs
由	lɯw
蚰	lɯw
秞	lɯw
邮	lɯw
釉	lɯwɢs
柚	lɯwɢs, *l'ɯwɢ
鼬	lɯwɢs
苖	l'ɯːwɢ, *l̥ʰɯwɢ
笛	l'ɯːwɢ
迪	l'ɯːwɢ
頔	l'ɯːwɢ
軸	l'ɯwɢ
舳	l'ɯwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *l̥ʰɯw): semantic 扌 + phonetic 由 (OC *lɯw).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chōu (chou¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhû
• Min Nan (POJ): thiu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ou¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chou
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cau¹
    • Yale: chāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhû
    • Hakka Romanization System: cu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cu¹
    • IPA: /t͡sʰu²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiu
    • Tâi-lô: thiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiu⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʈʰɨu/▼

Rime
Character	抽
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丑鳩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰuw/
Li Rong	/ȶʰiu/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chōu

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*l̥ru/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰɯw/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	抽
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chōu
Middle Chinese	‹ trhjuw ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥ru/
English	take out, pull out
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	抽
Reading #	1/1
No.	15513
Phonetic component	由
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	抽
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰɯw/
Notes	說文正體從留聲又由聲秀聲

Definitions

抽

1. to draw out

   抽水  ―  chōushuǐ  ―  to pump water

2. to take out (object, person, time, etc.)
3. to draw lots

   抽獎 / 抽奖  ―  chōujiǎng  ―  to draw for a prize

   抽籤 / 抽签  ―  chōuqiān  ―  to draw lots

4. to put forth; to sprout out
5. to smoke; to take in

   抽煙 / 抽烟  ―  chōuyān  ―  to smoke

6. to strike with whip
7. (slang) to become abnormal

   我顯示器抽了。 / 我显示器抽了。  ―  Wǒ xiǎnshìqì chōu le.  ―  My monitor goes crazy.

Compounds

Derived terms from 抽

• 剔抽禿刷／剔抽秃刷
• 剔抽禿揣／剔抽秃揣
• 剝皮抽筋／剥皮抽筋
• 十抽一
• 工作抽查
• 工作抽樣／工作抽样
• 底線抽球／底线抽球
• 打抽豐／打抽丰 (dǎchōufēng)
• 抽丁
• 抽丁拔楔
• 抽付
• 抽公籤／抽公签
• 抽冷子
• 抽分
• 抽剝／抽剥
• 抽功夫
• 抽動／抽动 (chōudòng)
• 抽印
• 抽取 (chōuqǔ)
• 抽咽
• 抽噎
• 抽地
• 抽子
• 抽屜／抽屉 (chōuti)
• 抽後腿／抽后腿
• 抽心
• 抽打 (chōudǎ)
• 抽抽噎噎
• 抽換／抽换
• 抽搐 (chōuchù)
• 抽搭
• 抽斗 (chōudǒu)
• 抽暇

• 抽替
• 抽查 (chōuchá)
• 抽條／抽条
• 抽梯子
• 抽樣／抽样 (chōuyàng)
• 抽樣調查／抽样调查
• 抽檢／抽检
• 抽氣機／抽气机
• 抽水機／抽水机 (chōushuǐjī)
• 抽水馬桶／抽水马桶 (chōushuǐ mǎtǒng)
• 抽油煙機／抽油烟机 (chōuyóuyānjī)
• 抽泣 (chōuqì)
• 抽獎／抽奖 (chōujiǎng)
• 抽球
• 抽瘋／抽疯
• 抽稅／抽税 (chōushuì)
• 抽穗 (chōusuì)
• 抽空 (chōukòng)
• 抽筋 (chōujīn)
• 抽筋剝皮／抽筋剥皮
• 抽筋拔骨
• 抽簡祿馬／抽简禄马
• 抽簪
• 抽籤／抽签 (chōuqiān)
• 抽紗／抽纱
• 抽絲／抽丝
• 抽絲剝繭／抽丝剥茧 (chōusībōjiǎn)
• 抽緒／抽绪
• 抽縐／抽绉
• 抽考
• 抽胎換骨／抽胎换骨
• 抽腳／抽脚
• 抽芽 (chōuyá)

• 抽菸／抽烟
• 抽蓄發電／抽蓄发电
• 抽薪止沸
• 抽血
• 抽調／抽调
• 抽豐／抽丰
• 抽象 (chōuxiàng)
• 抽象主義／抽象主义 (chōuxiàngzhǔyì)
• 抽象名詞／抽象名词 (chōuxiàng míngcí)
• 抽象派
• 抽象畫／抽象画 (chōuxiànghuà)
• 抽身 (chōushēn)
• 抽釐
• 抽閒／抽闲
• 抽青配白
• 抽鞭子
• 抽頭／抽头 (chōutóu)
• 抽風機／抽风机
• 抽驗／抽验
• 抽黃對白／抽黄对白
• 抽點／抽点
• 抽鼻兒／抽鼻儿
• 拉抽屜／拉抽屉
• 擢髮抽腸／擢发抽肠
• 瀝膽抽腸／沥胆抽肠
• 皮裡抽肉／皮里抽肉
• 線抽傀儡／线抽傀儡
• 辦抽／办抽
• 過橋抽板／过桥抽板
• 過河抽板／过河抽板
• 釜底抽薪
• 開場抽頭／开场抽头
• 隨機抽樣／随机抽样

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Japanese

Kanji

抽

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: ちゅう (chū, Jōyō)
• Kan’on: ちゅう (chū, Jōyō)
• Kun: ぬく (nuku, 抽く); ひく (hiku, 抽く)

Compounds

• 抽 (ちゅう)象 (しょう) (chūshō)

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Korean

Hanja

抽 • (chu) (hangeul 추, revised chu, McCune-Reischauer ch'u, Yale chwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

抽 (trừu, ắp, ép, ẹp, trìu)

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