抽 means “draw out, extract”

ちゅう · chuu

Also: pluck, pull, excel

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ひき-

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

チュウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 8 strokes

The story

A hand (扌) beside 由, like a field (田) with a shoot poking out the top: pull, and out it comes. 抽選 is drawing lots, the way Japan hands out concert tickets, 抽出 is extracting, and 抽象, drawn out of the details, is abstract.

Used in 抽選 (chuusen, lottery/drawing), 抽象的 (chuushouteki, abstract), and 抽出 (chuushutsu, extraction)

More from Grip, Rub & Twist

• 据 set in place
• 擦 rub
• 把 grasp
• 挿 insert
• 抹 rub out
• 搾 squeeze
• 拭 wipe
• 貼 stick
• 捻 twist
• 剝 peel
• 塡 fill
• 摘 pick out

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.