抠 Strokes Write it Listen 抠 kōu to dig out; to pick out (with one's fingers); to carve HSK 7–9 7 strokes Radical 扌 Sound + meaning 1 word Built from扌meaningshǒuhand区soundqūarea, district, region, ward; surname How it works扌 hints at the meaning (hand), and 区 qū hints at the sound.