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Pluck I Sprout 抽 チュウ ひき Pull Extract

Kanji
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
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 ;).
RTK Index (new) 1187

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1001-1500

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