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I wonder how that occurred.
Abstract = 摘要 (summary) or 抽象 (Abstract concepts etc.)
In 抽象，抽 = Pumping (suck), 象 = Elephant
And here I thought kanji compounds made no sense because they were adapted from Chinese with little regard to their meaning but apparently hanzi are just as wild.
I further wonder how that occurred.
Just wait until you read the raving zebra of my masters thesis.
