脱 Kanji – undress
The Japanese kanji 脱 can mean undress, removing, escape from, get rid of, be left out, take off.
Meaning and Readings
How is 脱 read?
脱 has the onyomi reading ダツ and the kunyomi readings ぬぐ, ぬげる.
In romaji, these readings can be written as datsu, nugu, nugeru.
Common Japanese Words Using 脱
These common Japanese words contain 脱. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 逸脱（いつだつ） — deviation, departure
- 脱ぐ（ぬぐ） — to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.), to undress
- 脱する（だっする） — to escape from, to get out
- 脱却（だっきゃく） — ridding oneself, freeing oneself of, growing out of, overcoming, outgrowing
- 脱出（だっしゅつ） — escape, getting away (from), getting out (of)
- 脱水（だっすい） — dehydration (removal of water), desiccation, evaporation
- 脱税（だつぜい） — tax evasion
- 脱線（だっせん） — derailment
- 脱退（だったい） — withdrawal (e.g. from an organization), secession, leaving, pulling out
- 脱皮（だっぴ） — ecdysis, shedding (of skin), sloughing, molting, moulting, casting off