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削

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • plane
  • sharpen
  • whittle
  • pare
  • shave

On'yomi (音読み)

  • サク

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • けず.る
  • はつ.る
  • そ.ぐ
Strokes
9
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#1268
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
刀#18 · knife

Components

Common Words

  • 削減さくげんNoun
    cut, reduction, curtailment
  • 掘削くっさくNoun
    digging out, excavation
  • 削除さくじょNoun
    deletion, elimination, erasure
  • 削り節けずりぶしNoun
    flaked bonito
  • 削るけずるGodan verb
    to shave (wood, leather, etc.), to sharpen (e.g. pencil), to plane
  • 添削てんさくNoun
    correction, looking over, touching up
  • 粗削りあらけずりna-adjective
    rough-hewn, incomplete, unrefined
  • 削り取るけずりとるGodan verb
    to shave off, to scrape off

Practice in Kanjiru

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