Chinese symbol for “extraction”
回采
huí cǎi
Traditional: 回採
stoping (excavating ore using stepped terraces); to extract ore; extraction; to pull back
The closest CC-CEDICT match for extraction is 回采 (huí cǎi), defined as: stoping (excavating ore using stepped terraces); to extract ore; extraction; to pull back.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 回采.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 回来 (回來) | huí lai | to return; to come back |
| 回到 | huí dào | to return to |
| 回家 | huí jiā | to return home |
| 回答 | huí dá | to reply; to answer; reply; answer |
| 回应 (回應) | huí yìng | to respond; response |
| 回去 | huí qu | to return; to go back |
| 采用 (採用) | cǎi yòng | to adopt; to employ |
| 采取 (採取) | cǎi qǔ | to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take |
See also: Japanese symbol for “extraction”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.