# 抜 extract

(handleft) + 友 (friend)
★★★☆☆
7 strokes

## Onyomi

## Mnemonic

| Use your hand to extract fleas out of your friend's matted pelt (FYI you are a gibbon)

## Kunyomi

( を ) ぬ＊く | I pluck or extract something - pluck a carrot out the ground, pluck out a gray hair, The mouse plucks the thorn out of the lion's paw.If you bleach the color out of cloth or hair, you're 色を抜く. plucking the color out! ★★★☆☆
( が ) ぬ＊ける | something is plucked out ★★★☆☆

## Jukugo

腰抜け(こしぬけ) | coward ★☆☆☆☆ 腰 (waist) + 抜 (extract) = 腰抜け (coward) coward - the nuance is someone who becomes paralyzed when the shit goes down. Someone who is too frightened to react.
見抜く(みぬく) | to see through ★☆☆☆☆ 見 (look) + 抜 (extract) = 見抜く (to see through) to see through someone's pretension or their deception.
間抜け(まぬけ) | idiot ★☆☆☆☆ KANA 間 (a period of time) + 抜 (extract) = 間抜け (idiot) idiot( usually KANA, so one star : *)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
扱 | treatment | REACH (grasping hand) |
抜 | extract | FRIEND | 友

You REACH out for treatment with your grasping hand,

but only your FRIEND will extract your tumors.

## Synonyms

coward 腰抜け 意気地なし 卑怯な
dummy, idiot, fool, doo doo dumb バカ 愚か 間抜け バカ面 ボケ あほ
pinch つねる ピンチ 挟む 抜 取り出す 摘む
remove 抜く 外す 排除 除外