抜
抜·pull out, extract, omit
- On-yomi
- バツ
- Kun-yomi
- ぬくぬける
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抜く | ぬく | to pull out, to extract |
| 抜ける | ぬける | to come out, to fall out, to be missing |
| 歯を抜く | はをぬく | to pull out a tooth |
| 選抜 | せんばつ | selection, being chosen |
Example sentences
庭の草を抜きました。
にわのくさをぬきました。
I pulled the weeds in the garden.
この書類は一ページ抜けています。
このしょるいはいちぺーじぬけています。
One page is missing from this document.
昨日、歯医者で歯を抜いてもらいました。
きのう、はいしゃではをぬいてもらいました。
Yesterday I had a tooth pulled at the dentist.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Mixing up 抜く (you pull it out) with 抜ける (it comes out on its own)
- Reading 選抜 as *せんぬき instead of せんばつ
Memory aid
Picture it
The hand radical 扌with a shape like a friend reaching back — grab it and yank it out.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- 抜けるぬけるto come out, fall out
- 抜くぬくto pull out
- やり抜くやりぬくto carry through; to see through to the end
- 追い抜くおいぬくto overtake; to outstrip
- 見抜くみぬくto see through; to detect
- 抜群ばつぐんoutstanding; preeminent
- 腰を抜かすこしをぬかすto be scared stiff; astonished
- 手を抜くてをぬくto cut corners
- 抜本的ばっぽんてきdrastic, fundamental
- 海抜かいばつabove sea level
- 抜粋ばっすいexcerpt, extract
- 切り抜けるきりぬけるto get through, to tide over
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