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The character 抠 primarily denotes the physical action of digging out or picking with a finger or tool. It is a phono-semantic compound: the left semantic radical 扌 indicates a hand action, while the right phonetic component 区 provides the pronunciation 'kōu'. Its traditional form 摳 pairs the same hand radical with the unsimplified phonetic element 區. Beyond this literal meaning, 抠 commonly describes someone exceptionally stingy or miserly in colloquial use, metaphorically evoking tight-fisted scrutiny over small details.
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这个人很抠门。
妈妈叫我别抠鼻子。
别抠那个伤口。
他抠钱抠得很紧。
他抠细节抠得很仔细。
她抠字眼儿抠得让人不耐烦。
抠图是图像处理的一种技术。
在预算上抠得太死会影响项目质量。