抠

摳

kōu

HSK 7freq #15536

Meanings

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kōu

1.to dig; to pick; to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed)
2.to carve; to cut
3.to study meticulously
4.stingy; miserly
5.to lift up (esp. the hem of a robe)

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Wiktionary

1.to dig; to scoop out; to pare (using a knife)
2.to scrape; to shave off
3.to sharpen (a pencil)
4.instrument for scraping, shaving, or sharpening
5.to blow; to hit (usually from the side)
6.to adjust a sail (to move a sea vessel forward with the wind)
7.to abort (a baby)
8.to toy maliciously with; to philander with (a woman)
9.Classifier for wool.
10.to ridicule; to satirize
11.to remove earwax
12.to eliminate fats off one's body by consuming something unpalatable
13.to scratch (an itch)
14.to look for; to seek
15.to ask for; to beg
16.to steal

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kʰoː, *qoː): phonetic 區 (OC *qoː, *kʰo) + semantic 刀 (“knife”)

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Stroke order

Components

抠扌区

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

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Synonyms

搔撓抓搲爪扒嬈

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Related words

抠门 (coll.) stingy 抠脚 to scratch one's foot 抠搜 (coll.) stingy; miserly 抠图 (image processing) to extract a foreground object from its background; image matting 老抠 penny-pincher; miser 抠门儿 erhua form of 抠门[kōu mén]抠字眼 to be fastidious about phrasing, diction, or choice of words 抠字眼儿 erhua variant of 抠字眼[kōu zì yǎn]抠抠搜搜 see 抠搜[kōu sou]