脱

音読おんよみ: ダツ

訓読くんよみ:・ぬげる

画数かくすう: 11

部首ぶしゅ: にくづき(⺼)

Meaning

Take Off / Shed / Escape

Conjugation
Tap for 脱ぐ (take off) Tap for 脱げる (come off)
  • ぐ — to take off clothes or shoes
  • げる — to come off; to slip off
  • 脱出だっしゅつ — escape; breakout
  • 離脱りだつ — withdrawal; breaking away
  • 脱線だっせん — derailment; going off track or off topic
  • 脱衣所だついじょ — changing room; place where you undress

With the “flesh/body” radical にくづき on the left, shows something connected with the body coming off or getting out. From taking off clothes to escaping from a situation, it always suggests slipping free from what was covering or holding you.

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