Kanji Detail for 拔 - "pull out, excel, surpass"

拔

Jinmeiyō Kanji

Meaning
拔 means "pull out, excel, surpass."
1. Pull out - To extract; to remove.
2. Excel - To surpass; to stand out.
3. Conquer - To capture; to overcome.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

extract; pull out; pilfer; quote; remove; omit

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

uproot, pull out

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction; to select; to pick; to stand out (above level); to surpass; to seize

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to uproot, to pull out; to select, to promote

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

To promote. Selecting from among many is 拔. Such as 提拔, 甄拔. In the imperial examination era, there was 拔貢, same meaning. | Outstanding among many is also 拔. Such as 出類拔萃. Also 挺拔, standing tall. | To remove. Such as 連根拔起. Also, capturing a city is 拔. | Swift. Such as 拔來報往. See (Book of Rites, Quli).
Onyomi

batsu(ばつ)
Kunyomi

nu.karu(ぬかる)

nu.kasu(ぬかす)

nu.keru(ぬける)

nu.ku(ぬく)
Strokes

8 strokes
Radical

手扌 (te・tehen)
Related Keywords
pull extract remove excel surpass outstanding conquer capture overcome select choose pick skip omit pass exceed transcend draw uproot pluck