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抠

kōu

to lift, to raise; tight-fisted

🔤 Pictophonetic: 扌 (hand) provides meaning, 区 provides pronunciation

HSK 7 strokes Uncommon (41%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

area, district, region, ward; surname

⿰扌区 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

shǒu

扌

hand

📷 Pictographic: A hand with the fingers splayed; compare 手

3 strokes

èr

二

two; twice

💡 Ideographic: Two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three)

2 strokes HSK 1

jué

亅

hook

1 strokes

qū

区

area, district, region, ward; surname

💡 Ideographic: A place 匸 under a lord's control 乂

4 strokes HSK 4

xì

匸

box

2 strokes

yì

乂

to govern; to control; to nurture

💡 Ideographic: Shears, for cultivating a garden

2 strokes

Words Using 抠 (4)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

抠 ↗

kōu

to dig out / to pick out (with one's fingers) / to carve / to cut / to study meticulously / to lift one's clothes / stingy / miserly

kōu

抠 ↗

to dig out / to pick out (with one's fingers) / to carve / to cut / to study meticulously / to lift one's clothes / stingy / miserly

抠字眼 ↗

kōuzìyǎn

to be fastidious about phrasing, diction, or choice of words

kōuzìyǎn

抠字眼 ↗

to be fastidious about phrasing, diction, or choice of words

抠字眼儿 ↗

kōuzìyǎnr

erhua variant of [[摳字眼|抠字眼<kōuzìyǎn>]]

kōuzìyǎnr

抠字眼儿 ↗

erhua variant of [[摳字眼|抠字眼<kōuzìyǎn>]]