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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

  • 削るけずるGodanto shave (wood, leather, etc.), to sharpen (e.g. pencil), to plane, to whittle, to pare, to scrape off, to erode
  • 削減さくげんNouncut, reduction, curtailment
  • 削除さくじょNoundeletion, elimination, erasure, striking out
  • 削り節けずりぶしNounflaked bonito
  • 添削てんさくNouncorrection, looking over, touching up
  • 掘削くっさくNoundigging out, excavation
  • 削ぐそぐGodanto chip (off), to shave off, to slice off, to cut off
  • 削片さくへんNounsplinter, chip

Practice in Kanjiru

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