| 1708 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 684 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1854 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1525 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 561 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 384 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1713 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1830 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 769 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 864 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 290 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 183 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 219 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 712 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 11901P | Morohashi |
| 246 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2093 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 705 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 761 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1129 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
slip out, extract, pull out, pilfer, quote, remove, omit
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
726 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 抜群 【バツグン】 outstanding, excellent, exceptional, distinguished, unrivaled, surpassing (e.g. beauty), beyond compare
- 抜山蓋世 【バツザンガイセイ】 great strength and energy (of a mighty hero), Herculean strength and vitality
- 卓抜 【タクバツ】 excellence, superiority, preeminence, prevalence
- 警抜 【ケイバツ】 scintillating, extraordinarily excellent
Kun reading compounds
- 抜く 【ぬく】 to pull out, to draw out, to extract, to unplug, to weed, to omit, to leave out, to go without, to skip, to do to the end, to do thoroughly, to do completely, to do severely, to let out (e.g. air from a tyre), to drain (e.g. water from a bath), to empty, to pick out, to choose, to select, to extract, to pilfer, to steal, to remove, to get rid of, to take out, to pass, to overtake, to outstrip, to get ahead of, to pierce, to break through, to go through, to cut out (a shape), to create (a pattern) by dying the surrounding area, to seize, to capture, to reduce, to scoop (a story), to take out (an opponent's stones; in go), to masturbate (of a male), to ejaculate (while masturbating), to take (a photo), to record (video)
- 抜くべからざる 【ぬくべからざる】 deep-rooted (suspicion, etc.)
- 抜き 【ぬき】 leaving out, omitting, skipping, dispensing with, (beating) in succession, in a row
- 抜き打ち 【ぬきうち】 drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke, doing (something) suddenly and without warning, doing without prior notice
- 手抜き 【てぬき】 omitting crucial steps, cutting corners, skimping, intentional negligence, tenuki, making a move which is not a direct counter to one's opponent's last move
- 栓抜き 【せんぬき】 bottle opener, corkscrew
- 抜ける 【ぬける】 to come out, to fall out, to be omitted, to be missing, to escape, to come loose, to fade, to discolour, to wear a hole (e.g. clothes), to leave (e.g. a meeting), to be clear, to be transparent (e.g. of the sky), to be absentminded, to be careless, to be inattentive, to be foolish, to exit (a program loop), to go through, to pass through, to give way, to collapse, to finish a round with more than 88 points (not counting points gained from scoring combinations)
- 抜けるような青空 【ぬけるようなあおぞら】 deep blue sky, bottomless blue sky
- 抜かす 【ぬかす】 to omit, to leave out, to skip, to overtake, to pass, to say, to speak
- 抜かる 【ぬかる】 to make a mistake
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ぬき
- Korean:
- bal, pae
Spanish
- omitir
- echar
- extraer
- tirar
- quitar
- sacar
Portuguese
- deslizar
- extrato
- arrancar
- furtar
- citação
- remover
- omitir
French
- arracher
- extraire
- chaparder
- enlever
- omettre
- faire une erreur
| 1367 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3c4.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 5404.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-20 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 629c | Unicode hex code |
毛
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
1179 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 毛 【モウ】 one-thousandth, 0.03 mm (one-thousandth of a sun), 0.01 percent (one-thousandth of a wari), 3.75 milligrams (one-thousandth of a monme), old monetary unit (0.0001 yen)
- 毛皮 【ケガワ】 fur, skin, pelt, kanji "fur" radical
- 不毛 【フモウ】 barren, sterile, infertile, unproductive (e.g. discussion), fruitless
- 再生毛 【サイセイモウ】 recycled wool, reclaimed wool
Kun reading compounds
- 毛 【け】 hair, fur, wool, down, plumage, feathers
- 毛皮 【けがわ】 fur, skin, pelt, kanji "fur" radical
- お毛毛 【おけけ】 pubic hair
- 猫っ毛 【ねこっけ】 fine, soft hair
Readings
- Japanese names:
- めん、 も
- Korean:
- mo
Spanish
- pelaje
- vello
- pluma
- cultivo
- producción
Portuguese
- peles
- cabelo
- pena
- abaixo
French
- pilosité
- pelage
- cheveux
- plumage
- duvet
| 142 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 230 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 210 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 521 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2473 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 125 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 661 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 117 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 287 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 287 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 490 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1147 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4264 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2152 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2904 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1932 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 16772 | Morohashi |
| 3453 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3013 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1913 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2062 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 103 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2256 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a4.33 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 4-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 2-1-3 | SKIP code |
| 2071.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-51 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6bdb | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1973 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 癖 【クセ】 habit (usu. a bad one), tendency, peculiarity, idiosyncrasy, mannerism, quirk, crease, wrinkle, curl, kink
- 妄想癖 【モウソウヘキ】 (having an) overactive imagination, tendency to get lost in one's imagination
- 盗癖 【トウヘキ】 propensity to steal, thieving habits, kleptomania
Kun reading compounds
- 癖 【くせ】 habit (usu. a bad one), tendency, peculiarity, idiosyncrasy, mannerism, quirk, crease, wrinkle, curl, kink
- 癖に 【くせに】 and yet, though, when, in spite of
- 悪い癖 【わるいくせ】 bad habit, bad habits
- 自傷癖 【じしょうくせ】 (practice of) self-injury, (habit of) self-harm
- 癖に 【くせに】 and yet, though, when, in spite of
- 癖になる 【くせになる】 to become a habit, to be addictive, to be moreish
Readings
- Korean:
- byeog
Spanish
- costumbre
- hábito
- debilidad
- vicio
- manía
Portuguese
- maneirismo
- hábito
- vício
- traço
- falta
- entortar
French
- manie
- mauvaise habitude
- vice
- trait (caractère)
- défaut
- frisé
| 1781 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1903 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3082 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1702 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1550 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1490 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1589 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1364 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1358 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4080 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2069 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2805 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1707 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 22550 | Morohashi |
| 3290 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3848 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1691 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1826 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1895 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 555 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5i13.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-5-13 | SKIP code |
| 0014.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-42 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7656 | Unicode hex code |