Memory phrase for the Kanji: 抽

抽

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Meaning draw/pull out, extract, pluck, bring out

Pronunciation

CHŪ

Explanation

Left: hand 扌, right: reason 由 (The growing seedling丨in the rice field 田 has its reason.)

Mnemonic
 
The hand grips the sprout in the rice field to pull it out.

Radicals

扌 handSeveral characters are used for hand: ナ, 扌, 手, ヨ
由 reason, causeFirst, the root shoot 丨 bursts its shell 田 (cf. armor, shield 甲). And this gives the sprout丨 on the field 田 its reason 由.
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 Vocabulary

抽象 ちゅうしょう  abstract
抽選 ちゅうせん  lottery, raffle, drawing (of lots)

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