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Kanji Detail for 拔 - "pull out"
拔
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Meaning
拔 means "pull out." Also associated with excel, conquer.
Pull out - To extract; to remove.
Excel - To surpass; to stand out.
Conquer - To capture; to overcome.
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Tattoo check: 拔
- Verified meaning: pull out
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Also carries these associations: excel, conquer
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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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).
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Related Keywords
More kanji with the radical 手 扌 (te・tehen)
- 才 talent, ability
- 手 hand, arm
- 打 to strike, to hit
- 払 to pay, to brush off
- 托 entrust, support, request
- 扱 to handle
- 扶 support, help
- 批 to strike
- 技 skill, technique, art
- 抄 to copy, to extract
- 把 grasp, handle, bundle
- 抑 to suppress, to control
- 投 to throw, to pitch, to give up
- 抗 to resist
- 折 to fold, to break, occasion
- 抜 to pull out
- 択 to choose, to select, option
- 承 to hear
- 披 open, reveal
- 抱 to embrace, to employ
- 抵 to touch, to resist
- 抹 erase, rub
- 押 to push, seal
- 抽 to select, abstract
- 拂 brush
- 担 to carry, charge, to take on