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Kanji Detail for 拔 - "pull out, excel, surpass"
拔
- Meaning
拔 means "pull out, excel, surpass."
Pull out - To extract; to remove.
Excel - To surpass; to stand out.
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).
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