← Back

抽

pluck
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingチュウ
Kun readingひき-
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. pluckRtK
    彼の考え方は具体的でも抽象的でもなかった。His notion was neither concrete nor abstract.tatoeba
    彼の考えは具体的でも抽象的でもなかった。His notion was neither concrete nor abstract.tatoeba
  2. pull
  3. extract
  4. excel
  1. extraction
  2. abstraction
  3. selection (from a group)
  4. sampling

Radicals and components

Radical手hand扌variant
Components
How it's built
抽
  • →
  • →
    • →
    • →

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

finger · fingers · sprout · shoot

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1187

Compound words

抽出ちゅうしゅつ
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
抽象ちゅうしょう
abstraction
抽選ちゅうせん
lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots); balloting
抽象的ちゅうしょうてき
abstract
抽迭ちゅうそう
in and out movement (esp. during intercourse)
抽匣ひきだし
drawer
抽籤ちゅうせん
lottery
抽せんちゅうせん
lottery
抽選券ちゅうせんけん
lottery ticket
抽籤券ちゅうせんけん
lottery ticket
抽せん券ちゅうせんけん
lottery ticket
抽象美術ちゅうしょうびじゅつ
abstract art
抽出するちゅうしゅつする
to extract

Additional Examples

彼の演説は抽象的なので私には理解できない。
His speech is too abstract to understand.tatoeba
抽象的な芸術には理解しにくいものがある。
Some abstract art is difficult to understand.tatoeba

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 抽

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step