抽

chōu

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

hand (扌) + [sound: yóu] (由) = pull out, draw out

The hand radical grounds the meaning in a physical pulling or drawing action. 由 mainly contributes the sound chōu and does not add semantic weight here.

扌+由→抽
扌HandSemantic
由FromPhonetic

他从一叠纸里抽出了一张。

tā cóng yī dié zhǐ lǐ chōu chū le yī zhāng。

he drew one sheet out from a stack of paper.

春天到了,树枝开始抽出新芽。

chūn tiān dào le, shù zhī kāi shǐ chōu chū xīn yá。

spring has come, and the branches have started to sprout new buds.

Words with 抽

抽验

chōu yàn

to test a random sample; to spot-check

抽动

chōu dòng

to twitch

抽射

chōu shè

(soccer) to strike the ball powerfully at goal; to unleash a fierce shot

抽水机

chōu shuǐ jī

water pump

釜底抽薪

fǔ dǐ chōu xīn

to take drastic measures to deal with a situation

双抽

shuāng chōu

black soy sauce

倒抽一口气

dào chōu yī kǒu qì

to gasp (in surprise, dismay, fright etc)

回抽

huí chōu

to pull back; to withdraw

幸运抽奖

xìng yùn chōu jiǎng

lucky draw

慈善抽奖

cí shàn chōu jiǎng

a raffle (for charity)

找抽

zhǎo chōu

(coll.) to look for trouble

抽搭

chōu da

to sob

More characters with 扌

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