JLPT N3 · 7 strokes
Kanji 抜: "slip out, extract, pull out"
The kanji 抜 means "slip out, extract, pull out, pilfer, quote, remove". It is written with 7 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N3, read バツ, ハツ, ハイ in on'yomi and ぬ.く, -ぬ.く, ぬ.き, ぬ.ける, ぬ.かす in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
バツハツハイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ぬ.く-ぬ.くぬ.きぬ.けるぬ.かす
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | slip out, extract, pull out, pilfer, quote, remove |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 7 |
| JLPT level | N3 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 726 of 2,501 |
Common words with 抜
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 抜けるto come out; to fall out; to be omitted; to be missing · to fade; to discolour
- 抜くto pull out; to draw out; to extract; to unplug · to omit; to leave out; to go without; to skip
- 抜け出すto slip out; to sneak away; to break free; to get through (a difficult situation) · to break into the lead; to get ahead
- 引き抜くto extract; to pull out; to draw out; to uproot · to headhunt; to lure away; to poach; to entice
- 見抜くvoir clair (en quelqu'un), percer à jour, deviner
- 抜きsans, en omettant, en se passant de · d'affilée, à la suite
- 力が抜けるperdre ses forces, se sentir mou, se décourager
- 駆け抜けるto run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city) · to run past (someone) from behind; to overtake
- 間抜けstupid; foolish; idiotic; inane · fool; idiot; blockhead; half-wit
- 通り抜けるto go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
- 気を抜くto lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
- すり抜けるto slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to make one's way through · to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
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