| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1768 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 粋 【スイ】 essence, the best, cream, chic, smart, stylish, tasteful, refined, sophisticated, considerate, understanding, thoughtful, tactful, familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
- 粋が身を食う 【スイガミヲクウ】 too much pleasure ruins a man (esp. in reference to spending too much time with geisha and prostitutes), playing the dandy ruins a man
- 国粋 【コクスイ】 national characteristics
- 清粋 【セイスイ】 elegance
Kun reading compounds
- 粋 【いき】 chic, smart, stylish, tasteful, refined, sophisticated, understanding, considerate, thoughtful, sensible, familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
- 粋がる 【いきがる】 to be pretentious, to put on airs, to try to appear smart, to act brave, to try to look cool
- 不意気 【ぶいき】 vulgar, unrefined
Readings
- Korean:
- su
Spanish
- elegancia
- estilo
- esencia
Portuguese
- chique
- estilo
- pureza
- essência
- supra-sumo
- a nata
- elite
- selecionados
French
- élégance
- chic
- style
- pureté
- essence
- élite
- de choix
| 1455 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1537 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3467 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1790 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1610 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1132 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1708 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1825 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1069 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1494 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1645 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 871 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1188 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 934 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 26875 | Morohashi |
| 1293 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4389 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 925 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 993 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1377 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1055 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6b4.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-4 | SKIP code |
| 9494.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-72 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7c8b | Unicode hex code |