Entry
  1. Noun

    cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae

    see see もぬけ

Also written 脱け殻【ぬけがら】抜殻【ぬけがら】脱殻【ぬけがら】蛻【ぬけがら】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

slip out, extract, pull out, pilfer, quote, remove, omit

Kun
ぬ.く-ぬ.くぬ.きぬ.けるぬ.かすぬ.かる
On
バツハツハイ
Strokes
7
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
726 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 25

Built from

Used in names as

ぬき

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-4SKIP code
3c4.10The Kanji Dictionary
5404.7Four corner code
1367deroo
629cUnicode hex code
1-40-20JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1854Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2093New Nelson (John Haig)
246New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
290Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
183Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
219Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
705Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
761Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
684A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
384Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1525Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11901PMorohashi
1708A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1713Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1830Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
561Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1129Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
769Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
864Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
712Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ba2Pinyin reading
bal, paeKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
25WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

husk, nut shell

Kun
からがら
On
カクコクバイ
Strokes
11
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1892 of 2500
Radical
weapon
WaniKani
Level 58

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (28)
CodeReference
1-7-4SKIP code
3p8.1The Kanji Dictionary
4724.7Four corner code
1468deroo
6bbbUnicode hex code
1-19-44JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2456Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2996New Nelson (John Haig)
1490New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1883Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1000Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1354Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
710Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
767Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1869A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1832Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1075A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1728Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1846Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1455Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1451Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1626Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1141Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
717Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ke2, qiao4Pinyin reading
gagKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
58WaniKani level