Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

抽: pluck, pull

Also: extract, excel

JLPT N18 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

扌 carries the meaning · 由 gives the sound

8 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

チュウchuu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 抽選ちゅうせんlottery; raffle; drawing (of lots)
  • 抽象ちゅうしょうabstraction
  • 抽出ちゅうしゅつextraction; abstraction
  • 抽象的ちゅうしょうてきabstract
  • 抽象化ちゅうしょうかabstraction
  • 抽象論ちゅうしょうろんan abstract argument

Also read ひき-, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
More in the 扌 hand story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
扌

Also built on hand (扌)

All 88
由

Also built on wherefore (由)

14 in all

The 由 family reads ユ (yu); 抽 is read チュウ.

Also read チュウ

18 kanji share this on'yomiAll 18

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
抽 pluck · 由
vs押 push · 甲
抽 has 由 where 押 has 甲.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · chōu

Same form: 抽 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
抽 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
抽 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin chōu most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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