抜
抜 — Slip out
slip out, extract, pull out, pilfer, quote, remove
On’yomiバツ (batsu)
On’yomiハツ (hatsu)
On’yomiハイ (hai)
Kun’yomiぬく (nuku)
Kun’yomi-ぬく (nuku)
Kun’yomiぬき (nuki)
Kun’yomiぬける (nukeru)
Kun’yomiぬかす (nukasu)
Stroke order (7 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 抜
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抜本的 | ばっぽんてき bapponteki | drastic; radical |
| 抜き | ぬき nuki | leaving out; omitting; skipping |
| 選抜 | せんばつ senbatsu | selection; choice; picking out |
| 抜群 | ばつぐん batsugun | outstanding; excellent; exceptional |
| 骨抜き | ほねぬき honenuki | boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.) |
| 引き抜く | ひきぬく hikinuku | to extract; to pull out; to draw out |
Study notes
抜 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 7 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #726 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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