Japanese symbol for “extraction”
抽出
ちゅうしゅつ
Romaji: chuushutsu
extraction; abstraction
In Japanese, extraction is 抽出, read ちゅうしゅつ (chuushutsu).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt extraction; abstraction
- n, vs, vt selection (from a group); sampling
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “extraction”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 展開 | てんかい tenkai | extraction (of compressed data); decompression; unpacking |
| 採取 | さいしゅ saishu | extraction |
| 産出 | さんしゅつ sanshutsu | production; output; turning out |
| 抜去 | ばっきょ bakkyo | extraction; withdrawal; evulsion |
| 切り出し | きりだし kiridashi | extraction (of a portion of a media file); splicing out |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抽選 | ちゅうせん chuusen | lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots) |
| 抽象 | ちゅうしょう chuushou | abstraction |
| 抽象的 | ちゅうしょうてき chuushouteki | abstract |
| 抽象化 | ちゅうしょうか chuushouka | abstraction |
| 抽象論 | ちゅうしょうろん chuushouron | an abstract argument |
| 出演 | しゅつえん shutsuen | appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance |
| 出す | だす dasu | to take out; to get out |
| 出る | でる deru | to leave; to exit; to go out |
See also: Chinese symbol for “extraction”.
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