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Kanji Detail for 抽 - "to select, abstract"

抽

  • Meaning

    抽 means "to select, abstract." Also associated with to draw out.

    1. Draw out - To pull out; to extract.

    2. Select - To choose from a group.

    3. Abstract - To separate; to remove.

  • Words using 抽

    • 抽象 ちゅうしょう Listen abstraction
    • 抽象的 ちゅうしょうてき Listen abstract
    • 抽出 ちゅうしゅつ Listen extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group)

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    • Verified meaning: to select, abstract
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to draw out

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    pluck; pull; extract; excel

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    draw out, pull out; sprout

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    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

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to draw out, to pull out; to sprout

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To draw. Such as water pumping machines. | To sprout. Such as plants' 抽條, 抽芽. Removing is also 抽. Such as 抽籤, 抽換. | Colloquially, taking a portion from the whole is 抽. Such as 抽釐, 抽頭.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    chuu(チュウ) チュウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hiki(ひき) ひき

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    手 扌 (te・tehen)

  • Related Keywords

    to draw out to select abstract remove extract pull pick distill separate concentrate condense refine pluck

Sentences including 抽

  • Abstract art is something to feel.

  • Extract an essence from the bark of a tree.

  • The subjects for the experiment were chosen at random.

  • The idea of happiness is extremely abstract.

  • Your explanation is too abstract to me.

  • They are interested in abstract reasoning.

  • Some abstract art is difficult to understand.

  • Abstract art is not to the taste of everyone.

  • His notion was neither concrete nor abstract.

  • I honestly don't understand abstract paintings at all.

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