# 抽 — Extract

Frequency rank 1579 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 漬 (Pickle), less common than 肪 (Fat).

- On’yomi: ちゅう
- Kun’yomi: ぬ
- Radical: 手 Hand (Kangxi 64)
- Frequency path: Level XIII of XX

Fingers on the left pull from a rice paddy with a stick on the right — fingers reaching into a paddy and pulling out a stick, extracting it from the mud.

In words:

- 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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