Mnemonic
You extend your hand to help your friend slip out of a narrow hole in a fence. You grip friend's wrist and pull — POP! — they slip out like a cork from a bottle, tumbling into freedom on the other side.
Additional thoughts
Picture the satisfying pop of pulling someone free through a tight gap. The hand does the pulling, the friend is the one being extracted — together they capture the essence of slipping out.Quick recall
Your hand pulls your friend to slip out through a tight gap like a cork.Details
The keyword for 抜 is slip out. This kanji conveys the idea of pulling something out, extracting, or removing something from where it is embedded or contained. It can describe the action of drawing a sword from its sheath, pulling out a tooth, or something slipping free from its position. By extension, it also carries the sense of surpassing or standing out from a group, as if one has slipped out ahead of others.
- On'yomi
- ばつ、はつ、はい
- Kun'yomi
- ぬ.く、-ぬ.く、ぬ.き、ぬ.ける、ぬ.かす、ぬ.かる