Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

脱: undress, removing

Also: escape from, get rid of, be left out, take off

JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

月 carries the meaning · 兌 gives the sound

11 strokes

Three readings, and the words that use each

ダツdatsu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 脱衣所だついじょdressing room
  • 脱線するだっせんするdigress, derail [v.i.]
  • 脱落するだつらくするbe omitted, drop out [v.i.]
  • 脱税するだつぜいするevade taxes
  • 脱出するだっしゅつするescape [v.i.]
  • 脱色するだっしょくするbleach, decolorize
  • 脱獄するだつごくするescape prison
  • 脱帽するだつぼうするtake one's hat off, bow to
  • 離脱するりだつするwithdraw, break away

ぬぐnugu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 脱ぐぬぐtake off (clothes, shoes) [v.t.]

ぬげるnugeru · kun'yomi

  • 脱げるぬげるcome off (clothes, shoes) [v.i.]

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“It looks like the moon, but it's actually muscle! When you see this "moon" on the left side of a character, don't think of the night sky—think of your own body.”
More in the 月 meat story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
月

Also built on meat (月)

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兌

Also built on 兌

The 兌 family reads エツ (etsu); 脱 is read ダツ.

Also read ダツ

2 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
脱 undress · 月
vs悦 ecstasy · 忄
脱 has 月 where 悦 has 忄.
In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 脫 · tuō

Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 脱. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 脫.

Simplified
脱 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
脫 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin tuō most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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