Chinese symbol for “thrash”
抽
chōu
to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; to inhale (esp. smoke); (of fabric etc) to shrink
The closest CC-CEDICT match for thrash is 抽 (chōu), defined as: to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; to inhale (esp. smoke); (of fabric etc) to shrink; (of certain plants) to sprout; to bud; to whip; to thrash.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “thrash”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 抽.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抽烟 (抽煙) | chōu yān | variant of 抽烟 (chōu yān) |
| 抽象 | chōu xiàng | abstract; abstraction |
| 抽出 | chōu chū | to take out; to extract |
| 抽取 | chōu qǔ | to extract; to remove |
| 抽屉 (抽屜) | chōu ti | drawer |
See also: Japanese symbol for “thrash”.
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.