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Kanji Information Sheet for 抜 ( PDF version )
English: slip out extract pull out pilfer quote remove omit | On-Yomi: バツ ハツ ハイ | Kun-Yomi: ぬ.く -ぬ.く ぬ.き ぬ.ける ぬ.かす ぬ.かる ぬき |
Bushu (Radical) Info: 手 (て) – hand
Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 8
Frequency: #726 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #726 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N3 Words
- 抜く [ぬく]
(v5k) to extract; to omit; to surpass; to draw out; to unplug [K] [D] [Jisho] - 抜ける [ぬける]
(v1) to come out; to fall out; to be omitted; to be missing; to escape [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 海抜 [かいばつ]
(n) height above sea level [K] [D] [Jisho] - 抜かす [ぬかす]
(v5s) to omit; to leave out [K] [D] [Jisho] - 抜け出す [ぬけだす]
(v5s) to slip out; to sneak away; to excel [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 抜本的 [ばっぽんてき]
(adj-na) drastic; radical [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生え抜き [はえぬき]
(adj-no,n) native-born; trueborn [K] [D] [Jisho] - 選抜 [せんばつ]
(n,vs) selection; choice; picking out [K] [D] [Jisho] - 切り抜き [きりぬき]
(n) scraps; cuts [K] [D] [Jisho] - 栓抜き [せんぬき]
(n) corkscrew [K] [D] [Jisho] - 引き抜く [ひきぬく]
(v5k) to extract; to uproot; to pull out [K] [D] [Jisho] - 奇抜 [きばつ]
(adj-na,n) novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic [K] [D] [Jisho] - 手抜き [てぬき]
(n) omitting crucial steps; a drop in activity [K] [D] [Jisho] - 追い抜く [おいぬく]
(v5k) to pass (a car); to outdistance; to outsail; to outstrip [K] [D] [Jisho] - 間抜け [まぬけ]
(adj-na,n) (uk) stupidity; idiot; dunce; blockhead [K] [D] [Jisho] - 突き抜ける [つきぬける]
(v1) to pierce through; to break through [K] [D] [Jisho] - 抜かる [ぬかる]
(v5r) to make a mistake [K] [D] [Jisho] - 抜き [ぬき]
(adv) (1) in succession; (2) without [K] [D] [Jisho] - 目抜き [めぬき]
(adj-no,n) principal; main; important; fashionable [K] [D] [Jisho] - 骨抜き [ほねぬき]
(adj-no,n) (1) boned; (2) watered down; (3) mutilated [K] [D] [Jisho] - 抜群 [ばつぐん]
(adj-na,n) pre-eminence [K] [D] [Jisho] - 引抜く [ひきぬく]
(v5k) to extract; to uproot; to pull out [K] [D] [Jisho] - 抜粋 [ばっすい]
(n,vs) extract; excerpt; selection [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.