抽

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

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

• 𫽹, 菗

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

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 / 形声, OC *l̥ʰɯw): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 由 (OC *lɯw).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		抽
alternative forms		㩅 ancient

The slang sense is short for 抽風／抽风 (chōufēng).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): chōu (chou¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): cou¹

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): cau¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ceu¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhû
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): tiu¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thiu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tiu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chou
    • Wade–Giles: chʻou¹
    • Yale: chōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chou
    • Palladius: чоу (čou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: cou¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰəu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cau¹
    • Yale: chāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ceu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰeu³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhû
    • Hakka Romanization System: cu^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu²⁴/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: tiu¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: tiu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiu⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: tiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiu⁵⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (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/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tiu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiu³³/

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• Middle Chinese: trhjuw

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
Baxter	trhjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰuw/
Li Rong	/ȶʰiu/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cau1

• 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 shrink; to contract
7. (literary, or in compounds) to grow; to sprout
8. to whip; to flog; to cane
9. (xiangqi) to fork with a check

   將軍抽車／将军抽车 [Cantonese]  ―  zoeng¹ gwan¹ cau¹ geoi¹ [Jyutping]  ―  check with a fork on the chariot

10. (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):

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• 抽打
• 鞭打 (biāndǎ)
• 鞭撻 / 鞭挞 (biāntà) (chiefly figurative)
• 鞭笞 (biānchī) (literary)
• 鞭韃 / 鞭鞑 (biāndá) (literary)

Compounds

• 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 (dǎ chōufēng)
• 抽丁 (chōudīng)
• 抽丁拔楔
• 抽付
• 抽公籤 / 抽公签
• 抽冷子
• 抽分
• 抽剝 / 抽剥 (chōubō)
• 抽功夫
• 抽動 / 抽动 (chōudòng)
• 抽印
• 抽取 (chōuqǔ)
• 抽咽 (chōuyè)
• 抽噎 (chōuyē)
• 抽地
• 抽子
• 抽屜 / 抽屉 (chōuti)
• 抽後腿 / 抽后腿
• 抽心
• 抽打
• 抽抽噎噎
• 拉抽屜 / 拉抽屉
• 抽換 / 抽换
• 抽搭 (chōuda)
• 抽搐 (chōuchù)
• 抽斗 (chōudǒu)
• 抽暇 (chōuxiá)
• 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 (chōujiǎn)
• 抽氣扇 / 抽气扇 (chōuqìshàn)
• 抽氣機 / 抽气机
• 抽水 (chōushuǐ)
• 抽泣 (chōuqì)
• 抽油煙機 / 抽油烟机 (chōuyóuyānjī)
• 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
• 抽簪
• 抽簡祿馬 / 抽简禄马
• 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
• 抽繹 / 抽绎 (chōuyì)
• 抽考
• 抽胎換骨 / 抽胎换骨
• 抽腳 / 抽脚
• 抽芽 (chōuyá)
• 抽菸 / 抽烟 (chōuyān)
• 抽蓄發電 / 抽蓄发电
• 抽薪止沸
• 抽血 (chōuxuè)
• 抽調 / 抽调 (chōudiào)
• 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 (chōuxián)
• 抽青配白
• 抽鞭子
• 抽頭 / 抽头 (chōutóu)
• 抽風機 / 抽风机
• 抽驗 / 抽验 (chōuyàn)
• 抽黃對白 / 抽黄对白
• 抽點 / 抽点 (chōudiǎn)
• 抽鼻兒 / 抽鼻儿
• 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
• 透抽 (thàu-thiu)
• 過橋抽板 / 过桥抽板 (guòqiáochōubǎn)
• 過河抽板 / 过河抽板
• 釜底抽薪 (fǔdǐchōuxīn)
• 開場抽頭 / 开场抽头
• 隨機抽樣 / 随机抽样

Descendants

• → Mongolian: татах (tatax, “to inhale”) (semantic loan)

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		抽
alternative forms		揪 搊／𫼝

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cau¹
    • Yale: chāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

抽

1. (Cantonese) to lift up; to carry
2. (Cantonese) Classifier for strung, bunched or clustered objects.

   一抽鎖匙／一抽锁匙 [Cantonese]  ―  jat¹ cau¹ so² si⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  a bunch of keys

   一抽提子 [Cantonese]  ―  jat¹ cau¹ tai⁴ zi² [Jyutping]  ―  a bunch of grapes

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 串 (“bunch (classifier for grapes, etc.)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		串, 掛
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	嘟嚕, 嘟嚕兒, 串兒
	Taiwan	串
	Harbin	嘟嚕
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	嘟嚕
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	嘟嚕兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	串兒, 抓兒
	Xuzhou	嘟嚕
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	嘟嚕
	Ürümqi	嘟嚕
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	抓, 串
	Wuhan	掛, 串
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	掛
	Hefei	掛
Cantonese	Guangzhou	抽, 藭
	Hong Kong	抽
	Dongguan	藭
	Yangjiang	杛
Gan	Nanchang	掛
Hakka	Meixian	串, 叉
Jin	Taiyuan	嘟嚕
Northern Min	Jian'ou	掛, 串
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	掛
Southern Min	Xiamen	捾
	Quanzhou	捾
	Zhangzhou	捾
	Chaozhou	球
	Shantou	球, 串
	Jieyang	球
Wu	Shanghai (Jiading)	串
	Suzhou	串
	Wenzhou	串, 子
Xiang	Changsha	掛, 梂
	Shuangfeng	絡, 抓

Dialectal synonyms of 串 (“bunch (classifier for keys)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		串
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	嘟嚕兒
	Taiwan	串
	Harbin	嘟嚕
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	嘟嚕
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	嘟嚕
Cantonese	Guangzhou	抽
	Hong Kong	抽
Jin	Taiyuan	嘟嚕

Compounds

• 一抽二褦
• 手抽
• 抽後腳 / 抽后脚
• 抽痛腳 / 抽痛脚
• 抽稱 / 抽称
• 鞋抽
• 鞋抽面

References

• “抽”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 抽

抽

(Jōyō kanji)

1. to draw, to pull out

Readings

• Go-on: 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)
• 抽(ちゅう)選(せん), 抽(ちゅう)籤(せん) (chūsen)

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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