kōu = k + ou1
to dig out / to pick out (with one's fingers) / to carve / to cut / to study meticulously / to lift one's clothes / stingy / miserly
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How to pronounce 抠

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= k initial

K is for Karl Marx.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ou1 final

In front of the outhouse.

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抠 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
shǒu = sh + ou3
"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc
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ōu = Ø + ou1
surname Ou
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= qu + Ø1
area / region / district / small / distinguish / CL:個|个[ge4]
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Characters with 抠 as component

抠 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 抠

to be fastidious about phrasing, diction, or choice of words
to clip (an image) / image clipping

Sentences with 抠

抠 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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kōu

to dig out / to pick out (with one's fingers) / to carve / to cut / to study meticulously / to lift one's clothes / stingy / miserly

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