抠
to dig; to pick; to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed); to carve; to cut; to study meticulously; stingy; miserly; to lift up (esp. the hem of a robe)
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,327 U+62A0
How 抠 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 区 (phonetic, qū)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 区
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 区 (qū) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 区 sound component | qū | area, district, region, ward; surname |
| 鸥 | ōu | seagull, tern; Larus species (various) |
| 驱 | qū | to spur a horse on; to expel, to drive away |
| 枢 | shū | door hinge; pivot; center of power |
| 呕 | ǒu | to vomit; to annoy, to enrage |
| 殴 | ōu | to hit, to beat, to fight with fists |
| 瓯 | ōu | bowl, cup; small tray |
| 躯 | qū | the human body |
| 沤 | ōu | to soak, to steep; sodden, soaked |
| 讴 | ōu | songs; to sing |
| 岖 | qū | steep, sheer; rugged, rough |
| 怄 | òu | annoyed |
| 眍 | kōu | sunken eyes |
Words containing 抠
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抠字眼儿 | kōu zì yǎn r | erhua variant of 摳字眼|抠字眼[kou1 zi4 yan3] |
| 抠门儿 | kōu mén r | erhua form of 摳門|抠门[kou1 men2] |
| 抠字眼 | kōu zì yǎn | to be fastidious about phrasing, diction, or choice of words |
| 抠门 | kōu mén | (coll.) stingy |
| 老抠 | lǎo kōu | penny-pincher; miser |
| 抠脚 | kōu jiǎo | to scratch one's foot; (fig.) to be stingy; (slang) (of a celebrity) to twiddle one's thum… |
| 抠图 | kōu tú | (image processing) to extract a foreground object from its background; image matting |
| 抠搜 | kōu sou | (coll.) stingy; miserly |
| 抠抠搜搜 | kōu kou sōu sōu | see 摳搜|抠搜[kou1 sou5] |