Godan verb, transitive verb

  1. to see through, to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.), to perceive, to find out, to detect.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
見抜く みぬく
 
 
見ぬく みぬく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

see, hopes, chances
み.る ケン (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
slip out, extract, pull out
ぬ.く バツ ぬき (7th, N3)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
friend
とも ユウ う (2nd, N5)
left hand, cliff(厂) variant
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)