extract, selection, summary, copy, spread thin
抄 centers on taking a small, selected part from a larger whole: extracting a passage, making a summary or copy, or spreading something thin by taking only a little.
抄 combines 扌 (hand) with 少 (few, little), suggesting a hand selecting or taking a small amount. This fits the core idea of extracting or summarizing.
A hand 扌 taking only a little 少: imagine picking out just the key lines from a page to make a summary or copy.
For ショウ, picture a hand extracting a short show from a long script: show -> ショウ, and the hand picks only the best parts.
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excerpt; extract
abridged translation
quotation; abstract; selection; summary
excerpt; abridgment; abridgement; book of selections
selective abstract; slanted abstract
A Miscellany of Ten Maxims (Kamakura period collection of writing)
Kogansho (1691 commentary on the songs of the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki; by Keichu)
commentary on Shiki
Myōgishō (abbr. of Ruijū Myōgishō, a Japanese-Chinese character dictionary from the late Heian Period)
Wamyōruijushō (famous Heian-period Japanese dictionary)
informative abstract
Gukanshō (1220 historical treatise by Jien); A Selection of the Opinions of a Fool
official copy of part of family register
excerption; manual copying; excerpt
taking excerpts; extraction
Muromachi-period texts or annotations of texts used in Zen lectures
papermaking; paper-making; paper making
journal club; gathering to read and discuss papers, articles, books, etc.
sheet forming; papermaking
abstract page