- 抽出 — extraction; pulling something out
- 抽象 — abstraction; abstract concept
- 抽象的 — abstract; not concrete
- 抽選 — lottery; drawing lots
On the left, 扌 is the hand radical, showing an action done by hand. The right part 由 gives the sound チュウ and originally suggested something inside a container. Together, 抽 is a hand reaching in and pulling one thing out from among many. From “pulling out a part,” it naturally expanded to “pulling out just the idea” — the abstract meaning.