抽
pluck, pull, extract, excel
Readings
On'yomi
- チュウ
Kun'yomi
- ひき-
Meaning
抽 centers on drawing something out from within: plucking, pulling, or extracting. The sense of excelling can be seen as pulling ahead of others.
Most common words using 抽
20 of 49- 抽選ちゅうせんN2
lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots); balloting
- 抽出ちゅうしゅつ
extraction; abstraction
- 抽象ちゅうしょうN2
abstraction
- 抽象的ちゅうしょうてきN1
abstract
- 抽象化ちゅうしょうか
abstraction
- 抽象論ちゅうしょうろん
an abstract argument
- ガラガラ抽選ガラガラちゅうせん
tombola; raffle drum
- データ抽象化データちゅうしょうか
data abstraction
- メッセージ発信抽象操作メッセージはっしんちゅうしょうそうさ
message-submission abstract-operation
- 一覧抽象操作いちらんちゅうしょうそうさ
list abstract-operation
- 任意抽出にんいちゅうしゅつ
random sampling
- 取り出し抽象操作とりだしちゅうしょうそうさ
fetch abstract-operation
- 固有表現抽出こゆうひょうげんちゅうしゅつ
named entity recognition; named entity extraction; named entity identification; NER
- 抽出モードちゅうしゅつモード
sample mode
- 抽出条件ちゅうしゅつじょうけん
extraction condition
- 抽出法ちゅうしゅつほう
sampling (e.g. for a survey)
- 抽出物ちゅうしゅつぶつ
extract (from)
- 抽出規準ちゅうしゅつきじゅん
selection criteria
- 抽水植物ちゅうすいしょくぶつ
emergent plant
- 抽筒子ちゅうとうし
extractor (rifle)
Study
Etymology
抽 combines 扌 (hand) with 由, which likely contributes the sound and may suggest drawing out or extracting. The exact historical role of 由 is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
The hand radical 扌 beside 由 suggests a hand pulling something out from a container or source. Picture a hand plucking a thread from a spool.
Reading mnemonic
For チュウ, imagine pulling a chew toy from a dog's mouth: chew -> チュウ, and your hand extracts it.