Entry
  1. Noun

    secret passage; underground passage

    新しい税法は抜け穴だらけです。
    The new tax law is full of loopholes.
  2. loophole

  3. hole one can go through; opening

Also written 抜穴【ぬけあな】

Pitch on OJAD

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

hole, aperture, slit, cave, den

Kun
あな
On
ケツ
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1366 of 2500
Radical
cave
WaniKani
Level 20

Built from

Used in names as

けなしし

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
2-3-2SKIP code
3m2.2The Kanji Dictionary
3080.2Four corner code
762deroo
7a74Unicode hex code
1-23-74JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3313Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4187New Nelson (John Haig)
2159New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2682Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1366Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1852Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1316Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1413Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1201A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
158Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
984Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
25406Morohashi
849A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
899Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
921Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1595Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
860henshall3
834Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1122Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1450Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1326Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xue4, xue2Pinyin reading
hyeolKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
20WaniKani level