抜 = 友 + 扌

抜 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “slip out”. It is built from 友 (friend) and 扌 (finger). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 761.

Keyword: slip out
RTK frame: 761
Strokes: 7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): バツ, ハツ, ハイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): ぬ.く, -ぬ.く, ぬ.き, ぬ.ける, ぬ.かす, ぬ.かる
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: выскользнуть
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 抜 uproot

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

How to find 抜 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “friend” + “finger”. 抜 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 抜 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.