脱 – undress, removing, escape from

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#782 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 脱 means undress, removing, escape from, get rid of, be left out, take off. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ダツ (datsu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ぬ.ぐ、ぬ.げる (nugu, nugeru). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 肉 (no. 130).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ダツ	datsu
Kun’yomi	ぬ.ぐ	nugu
Kun’yomi	ぬ.げる	nugeru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 肉 (Kangxi radical 130). Components: 月・口・并・儿.

Words using 脱

脱ぐぬぐto take off (clothes, shoes, etc.)脱線だっせんderailment脱出だっしゅつescape脱退だったいwithdrawal (e.g. from an organization)

Example sentences

ここで靴を脱がなければなりませんか。

Do I have to take off my shoes here?

Tatoeba #224569

脱線がどんどんエスカレートしていく。

The digression is escalating more and more.

Tatoeba #75893

爺ちゃんはやっとのことで脱出した。

The old man escaped, but with difficulty.

Tatoeba #79663

Kanji with the same radical

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