Kanji N3

抜: slip out, extract, pull out

抜 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning slip out, extract, pull out, written with 7 strokes. It is read バツ, ハツ, ハイ (on) and ぬく, ぬき, ぬける (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 抜く (ぬく, to pull out) and 抜ける (ぬける, to come out).

抜

Meanings

  • slip out
  • extract
  • pull out
  • pilfer
  • quote
  • remove
  • omit
Strokes7
JLPT levelN3
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#726 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • バツ
  • ハツ
  • ハイ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • ぬく
  • -ぬく
  • ぬき
  • ぬける
  • ぬかす
  • ぬかる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 抜

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 抜くぬく

    to pull out; to draw out; to extract; to unplug

    JLPT N3
  • 抜けるぬける

    to come out; to fall out; to be omitted

    JLPT N3
  • 抜け出すぬけだす

    to slip out; to sneak away; to break free

    JLPT N1
  • 海抜かいばつ

    height above sea level

    JLPT N1
  • 抜かすぬかす

    to omit; to leave out; to skip

    JLPT N1
  • 抜きぬき

    leaving out; omitting; skipping; dispensing with

  • 選抜せんばつ

    selection; choice; picking out

  • 抜本的ばっぽんてき

    drastic; radical

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