| Kanji | 抽 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | チュウ |
| Kunyomi | ひき- |
| English | pluck, pull, extract, excel |
| Examples | 抽選(ちゅうせん): lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots) 抽象(ちゅうしょう): abstract |
| JLPT Level | 1 |
| Jouyou Grade | S |
| Frequency | 1437 |
| Components | 手: hand 由: wherefore; a reason |
| Number of Strokes | 8 |
| Kanji Radical | 手 |
| Radical Number | 64 |
| Radical Strokes | 4 |
| Radical Reading | て・てへん |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 形声 Phonetic |
| Keyword | pluck |
| Koohii Story 1 | [When I see the word pluck, I think eyebrows, not vegetables. So, to avoid confusing with pick (#733):] Each time this singular, long, wiry black hair starts to sprout out of my chin again, I pluck it with my fingers. |
| Koohii Story 2 | If you pluck your fingers, new ones will sprout in their place. (try it ;). |
Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1001-1500
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