EntryCommonJLPT N3WaniKani 25
  1. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

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

    歯医者に行ってその歯を抜いてもらった方がよいですね。
    You had better go to the dentist to have that tooth pulled out.
  2. to omit; to leave out; to go without; to skip

  3. Suffix, Godan verb with 'ku' ending

    to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to do completely; to do severely

    after the -masu stem of a verb

  4. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

    to let out (e.g. air from a tyre); to drain (e.g. water from a bath); to empty

  5. to pick out; to choose; to select; to extract

  6. to pilfer; to steal

  7. to remove; to get rid of; to take out

  8. to pass; to overtake; to outstrip; to get ahead of

  9. to pierce; to break through; to go through

    also written 貫く

  10. to cut out (a shape); to create (a pattern) by dyeing the surrounding area

  11. to seize; to capture; to reduce

  12. to scoop (a story)

  13. to take out (an opponent's stones; in go)

  14. to masturbate (of a male); to ejaculate (while masturbating)

    SlangVulgar expression or word

  15. to take (a photo); to record (video)

    Slang

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Characters in this word

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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