U+62BD "抽" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+62BD "抽" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character commonly used in written Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and Korean Hanja, where it generally conveys the meanings of "to draw," "to pull," "to take out," or "to extract," often implying a selective or forceful removal from a larger whole. In its etymological composition, the character combines the radical for "hand" (扌 on the left side) with the phonetic component "由" (yóu), which originally depicted a well or a conduit, thus suggesting the action of pulling something out, such as water from a well. In modern usage, "抽" appears in a wide range of practical and abstract contexts, from drawing a card (抽牌) and extracting a sample (抽取) to expressing the idea of shrinking or withering, as in the word "抽縮" (to contract). It is also a vital element in computing, where it is encoded as U+62BD in the Unicode standard, ensuring consistent representation across digital platforms for East Asian text.