抽

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

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, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: tiu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiu⁵³³/
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/

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

to draw out
抽水 ― chōushuǐ ― to pump water
to take out (object, person, time, etc.)
to draw lots
抽獎／抽奖 ― chōujiǎng ― to draw for a prize

抽籤／抽签 ― chōuqiān ― to draw lots
to put forth; to sprout out
to smoke; to take in
抽煙／抽烟 ― chōuyān ― to smoke
to shrink; to contract
(literary, or in compounds) to grow; to sprout
to whip; to flog; to cane
(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
(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

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		抽
alternative forms		揪搊／𫼝

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): cau¹

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

Definitions

抽

(Cantonese) to lift up; to carry
(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
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	嘟嚕, 串兒
	Taiwan	串
	Harbin	嘟嚕
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	嘟嚕
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	串兒, 抓兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	抓, 串
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	掛, 串
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	掛
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	掛
Cantonese	Guangzhou	抽, 藭
	Hong Kong	抽
	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	Suzhou	串
Wu	Wenzhou	串
Xiang	Changsha	掛, 梂
Xiang	Shuangfeng	絡, 抓

Compounds

References

“抽”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

抽

(Jōyō kanji)

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Readings

Compounds

抽象(ちゅうしょう) (chūshō)

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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