Chinese Character 抽 Meanings and components.

Form

抽

Meaning

抽 meaning[3] in English

To Draw Out.

To Pull Out From In Between.

To Remove Part Of The Whole.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 抽 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and to follow (由)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QLW

How to write 抽

To write抽chou1to draw … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 由you2to follow arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 由 = 抽

抽 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 抽 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 抽, looks as follow:

抽
Pinyin:chou1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: 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
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
由
Pinyin:you2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: To Follow . From . Because Of . Due To . By . Via . Through . (Before A Noun And A Verb) It Is For ... To ...
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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