抽
chōu HSK4

draw out

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approved by Peter Olson · Dec 22, 2021, 05:37 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Dec 22, 2021, 05:37 PM

still sound similar

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Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 由 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component

扌 is a component form of 手.

由
由 Sound component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttrhjuwl̥ru take out, pull out

說文解字

《說文》：“，引也。从手，畱聲。抽，或从由。，或从秀。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)