Entry
  1. Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun

    the very best; elite

    あの科学者たちは選り抜きだ。
    Those scientists are the cream of the crop.

Also written より抜き【よりぬき】えり抜き【えりぬき】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

elect, select, choose, prefer

Kun
えら.ぶえ.るよ.る
On
セン
Strokes
15
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
57 of 2500
Radical
walk
WaniKani
Level 13

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
3-3-12, 3-2-12SKIP code
2q12.3The Kanji Dictionary
3730.8Four corner code
3561deroo
9078Unicode hex code
1-33-10JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4744Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6114New Nelson (John Haig)
3169New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3931Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2026Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2734Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1804Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1944Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
105A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2419Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
522Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
39127PMorohashi
527A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
800Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
814Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
449sakade
967Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
556henshall3
626Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
341crowley
264Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
721Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1822Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xuan3Pinyin reading
seonKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
13WaniKani level
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