Japanese symbol for “remove”
外す
はずす
Romaji: hazusu
to remove; to take off; to detach; to unfasten
In Japanese, remove is 外す, read はずす (hazusu).
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Meanings
- v5s, vt to remove; to take off; to detach; to unfasten; to undo
- v5s, vt to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to exclude; to expel
- v5s, vt to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to step out; to slip away
- v5s, vt to dodge (a question, blow, etc.); to evade; to sidestep; to avoid (e.g. peak season)
- v5s, vt to miss (a target, chance, punch, etc.)
- v5s, vt to get wrong; to fail to hit the mark; to misjudge
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “remove”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 取る | とる toru | to remove; to get rid of; to take off |
| 除く | のぞく nozoku | to remove; to get rid of; to take away |
| 取り除く | とりのぞく torinozoku | to remove; to deinstall; to take away |
| 消す | けす kesu | to remove (a smell, pain, etc.); to eliminate; to get rid of |
| 取り払う | とりはらう toriharau | to remove; to take away; to clear away |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海外 | かいがい kaigai | foreign; abroad; overseas |
| 外国 | がいこく gaikoku | foreign country |
| 以外 | いがい igai | excluding; except (for); apart from |
| 外交 | がいこう gaikou | diplomacy |
| 意外 | いがい igai | unexpected; surprising; unanticipated |
| 外部 | がいぶ gaibu | outside (e.g. of a building); exterior |
See also: Chinese symbol for “remove”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.