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抜

抜 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

「拔」の異体字。拔#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

slip out, extract, pull out, pilfer, quote, remove, omit

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • バツJHS
  • ハツ
  • ハイ
Kun (native)
  • ぬ(く)JHS
  • 〜ぬ(く)JHS
  • ぬ(き)
  • ぬ(ける)JHS
  • ぬ(かす)JHS
  • ぬ(かる)JHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • ぬき
Other languages
  • 拼音ba2
  • 한글bal
  • 한글pae
  • Hán-ViệtBạt

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+629C

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌友

Words using this kanji

  • 抜きぬきleaving out, omitting, skipping, dispensing with
  • 抜本的ばっぽんてき根本に立ち返り改めること。drastic, radical
  • 抜群ばつぐん多くの者の中から一人抜け出ていること。群を抜いたさま。 際立って優れているさま。outstanding, excellent, exceptional, distinguished
  • 抜け出すぬけだす「ぬけだす」の漢字表記。to slip out, to sneak away, to break free, to get through (a difficult situation)
  • 抜かるぬかる「ぬかる」の漢字表記。to make a mistake
  • 抜粋ばっすい「抜萃」に同じ。後に語に指定される。extract, excerpt, selection
  • 抜かすぬかすto omit, to leave out, to skip, to overtake
  • 抜くぬくto pull out, to draw out, to extract, to unplug
  • 抜けるぬけるぬけるを参照。to come out, to fall out, to be omitted, to be missing
  • 抜け道ぬけみち「ぬけみち」の漢字表記。byway, bypath, byroad, secret path
  • 抜き打ちぬきうち「ぬきうち」を参照。drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke, doing (something) suddenly and without warning, doing without prior notice
  • 抜け穴ぬけあな「ぬけあな」の漢字表記。secret passage, underground passage, loophole, hole one can go through
  • 抜け毛ぬけげfallen hair, combings, hair left on comb
  • 抜き取るぬきとるto pull out, to draw out, to extract, to remove
  • 抜擢ばってきある人を選んで、元の立場より高い立場につけること。selection (from many people for an important position), exceptional promotion
  • 抜け出るぬけでるto slip out, to steal out, to excel, to stand out
  • 抜き出すぬきだすto pick out, to single out, to select, to extract
  • 抜け目ぬけめ「ぬけめ」の漢字表記。imprudence, oversight, omission, mistake
  • 抜き去るぬきさるto pass, to overtake, to leave behind, to pull out
  • 抜け落ちるぬけおちるぬけおちるを参照。to come out (e.g. hair), to fall out, to collapse (e.g. building, floor), to be left out

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-4
Four Corner
5404.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c4.10
Heisig
761
Nelson
1854