抽
to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; to inhale (esp. smoke); (of fabric etc) to shrink; (of certain plants) to sprout; to bud; to whip; to thrash; classifier for sheets (of tissues, wet wipes etc)
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,086 U+62BD
How 抽 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 由 (phonetic, yóu)
How to remember it
take out · Heisig RSH #914
fingers + sprout
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 由
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 由 (yóu) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 由 sound component | yóu | cause, reason; from |
| 油 | yóu | oil, fat, grease, lard; oil paints |
| 轴 | zhóu | axle, pivot, shaft; axis |
| 邮 | yóu | mail; post office |
| 袖 | xiù | sleeve |
| 宙 | zhòu | space, time, space-time |
| 鼬 | yòu | weasel, mustela itatis |
| 铀 | yóu | uranium |
| 釉 | yòu | enamel, glaze |
| 岫 | xiù | mountain peak; cave, cavern |
| 柚 | yòu | grapefruit, pomelo |
| 蚰 | yóu | millipede |
| 妯 | zhóu | sister-in law |
| 舳 | zhú | the stern of a ship |
Words containing 抽
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 病来如山倒，病去如抽丝 | bìng lái rú shān dǎo , bìng qù rú chōu sī | sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to con… |
| 倒抽一口气 | dào chōu yī kǒu qì | to gasp (in surprise, dismay, fright etc) |
| 抽水机 | chōu shuǐ jī | water pump |
| 抽风机 | chōu fēng jī | exhaust fan |
| 短中抽长 | duǎn zhōng chōu cháng | to make the best of a bad job; to make the best use of limited resources (idiom) |
| 抽油烟机 | chōu yóu yān jī | range hood; kitchen exhaust hood |
| 抽嘴巴 | chōu zuǐ ba | to slap |
| 抽时间 | chōu shí jiān | to (try to) find the time to |
| 抽动症 | chōu dòng zhèng | Tourette syndrome |
| 抽象代数 | chōu xiàng dài shù | abstract algebra |
| 抽水 | chōu shuǐ | to pump water; (coll.) to shrink in the wash |
| 抽冷子 | chōu lěng zi | (coll.) unexpectedly |
| 抽头 | chōu tóu | to take a percentage of the winnings (in gambling); tap (in an electromagnetic coil); draw… |
| 抽中 | chōu zhòng | to win (a prize in a lottery) |
| 生抽 | shēng chōu | light soy sauce |
| 抽动 | chōu dòng | to twitch; to throb; a spasm; to divert (money) to other uses |
| 抽气 | chōu qì | to draw air out |
| 抽出 | chōu chū | to take out; to extract |
| 抽风 | chōu fēng | to ventilate; to induce a draft; spasm; convulsion |
| 抽打 | chōu dǎ | to whip; to flog; to thrash |