# 抽

| 抽 | U+62BD, &#25277; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62BD |
| ← 押 [U+62BC] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 抾 → [U+62BE] |

## Translingual
### Han character

抽 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手中田 (QLW), four-corner 5506$_0$, 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

| | 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

The slang sense is short for 抽風／抽风 (chōufēng).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): chōu (chou$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): cou$^1$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): cau$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ceu$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhû
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): tiu$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): thiu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): tiu$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chōu
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄡ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chou
*** Wade–Giles: chʻou$^1$
*** Yale: chōu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chou
*** Palladius: чоу (čou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: cou$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cou
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰəu⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cau$^1$
*** Yale: chāu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ceo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ceu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰeu³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhû
*** Hakka Romanization System: cu$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu²⁴/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: tiu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /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: tiu$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiu
*** Sinological IPA : /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/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ȶʰi̯ə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chōu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cau$^1$ |
* 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] ― zoeng$^1$ gwan$^1$ cau$^1$ geoi$^1$ [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):
* 抽打
* 鞭打 (biāndǎ)
* 鞭撻／鞭挞 (biāntà) (chiefly figurative)
* 鞭笞 (biānchī) (literary)
* 鞭韃／鞭鞑 (biāndá) (literary)

#### Compounds

* 剔抽禿刷／剔抽秃刷
* 剔抽禿揣／剔抽秃揣
* 剝皮抽筋／剥皮抽筋
* 十抽一
* 工作抽查
* 工作抽樣／工作抽样
* 底線抽球／底线抽球
* 打抽豐／打抽丰 (dǎ chōufēng)
* 抽丁 (chōudīng)
* 抽丁拔楔
* 抽付
* 抽公籤／抽公签
* 抽冷子
* 抽分
* 抽剝／抽剥 (chōubō)
* 抽功夫
* 抽動／抽动 (chōudòng)
* 抽印
* 抽取 (chōuqǔ)
* 抽咽 (chōuyè)
* 抽噎 (chōuyē)
* 抽地
* 抽子
* 抽屜／抽屉 (chōuti)
* 抽後腿／抽后腿
* 抽心
* 抽打
* 抽抽噎噎
* 拉抽屜／拉抽屉
* 抽換／抽换
* 抽搭 (chōuda)
* 抽搐 (chōuchù)
* 抽斗 (chōudǒu)
* 抽暇 (chōuxiá)
* 抽替
* 抽查 (chōuchá)
* 抽條／抽条
* 抽梯子
* 抽樣／抽样 (chōuyàng)
* 抽樣調查／抽样调查
* 抽檢／抽检 (chōujiǎn)
* 抽氣扇／抽气扇 (chōuqìshàn)
* 抽氣機／抽气机
* 抽水 (chōushuǐ)
* 抽泣 (chōuqì)
* 抽油煙機／抽油烟机 (chōuyóuyānjī)
* 抽獎／抽奖 (chōujiǎng)
* 抽球
* 抽瘋／抽疯
* 抽稅／抽税 (chōushuì)
* 抽穗 (chōusuì)
* 抽空 (chōukòng)
* 抽筋 (chōujīn)
* 抽筋剝皮／抽筋剥皮
* 抽筋拔骨
* 抽簪
* 抽簡祿馬／抽简禄马
* 抽籤／抽签 (chōuqiān)
* 抽紗／抽纱
* 抽絲／抽丝
* 抽絲剝繭／抽丝剥茧 (chōusībōjiǎn)
* 抽緒／抽绪
* 抽縐／抽绉
* 抽繹／抽绎 (chōuyì)
* 抽考
* 抽胎換骨／抽胎换骨
* 抽腳／抽脚
* 抽芽 (chōuyá)
* 抽菸／抽烟 (chōuyān)
* 抽蓄發電／抽蓄发电
* 抽薪止沸
* 抽血 (chōuxuè)
* 抽調／抽调 (chōudiào)
* 抽豐／抽丰
* 抽象 (chōuxiàng)
* 抽象主義／抽象主义 (chōuxiàngzhǔyì)
* 抽象名詞／抽象名词 (chōuxiàng míngcí)
* 抽象派
* 抽象畫／抽象画 (chōuxiànghuà)
* 抽身 (chōushēn)
* 抽釐
* 抽閒／抽闲 (chōuxián)
* 抽青配白
* 抽鞭子
* 抽頭／抽头 (chōutóu)
* 抽風機／抽风机
* 抽驗／抽验
* 抽黃對白／抽黄对白
* 抽點／抽点
* 抽鼻兒／抽鼻儿
* 擢髮抽腸／擢发抽肠
* 瀝膽抽腸／沥胆抽肠
* 皮裡抽肉／皮里抽肉
* 線抽傀儡／线抽傀儡
* 辦抽／办抽
* 透抽 (thàu-thiu)
* 過橋抽板／过桥抽板 (guòqiáochōubǎn)
* 過河抽板／过河抽板
* 釜底抽薪 (fǔdǐchōuxīn)
* 開場抽頭／开场抽头
* 隨機抽樣／随机抽样

#### Descendants

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

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): cau$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cau$^1$
*** Yale: chāu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ceo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /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] ― jat$^1$ cau$^1$ so$^2$ si$^4$ [Jyutping] ― a bunch of keys
    一抽提子 [Cantonese] ― jat$^1$ cau$^1$ tai$^4$ zi$^2$ [Jyutping] ― a bunch of grapes

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 串 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 嘟嚕, 串兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 串 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | 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 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 抽 |
| Cantonese | 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 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 捾 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 捾 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 球 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 球, 串 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 球 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 串 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 串 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 掛, 梂 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 絡, 抓 |

#### Compounds

* 一抽二褦
* 手抽
* 抽後腳／抽后脚
* 抽痛腳／抽痛脚
* 抽稱／抽称
* 鞋抽
* 鞋抽面

### References

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

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ちゅう (chū, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: ちゅう (chū, Jōyō)
* Kun: ぬく (nuku, 抽く)、ひく (hiku, 抽く)

#### 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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