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

    boning (fish or meat); deboning

    彼の提案は骨抜きになった。
    His proposal has been watered down.
  2. watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; emasculation

  3. taking the backbone out of; weakening

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

skeleton, bone, remains, frame

Kun
ほね
On
コツ
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N2
Frequency
936 of 2500
Radical
bone
WaniKani
Level 14

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
2-6-4SKIP code
4b6.14The Kanji Dictionary
7722.7Four corner code
3646deroo
9aa8Unicode hex code
1-25-92JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5236Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6784New Nelson (John Haig)
2654New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3288Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1699Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2310Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1288Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1383Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1081A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1213Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
971Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
45098Morohashi
867A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1266Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1340Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1017Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
877henshall3
899Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1104Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1922Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1297Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
gu3, gu1, gu2Pinyin reading
golKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
14WaniKani 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