磨
Stroke Order
Meanings
- grind
- polish
- scour
- improve
- brush (teeth)
On'yomi (音読み)
- マ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- みが.く
- す.る
- Strokes
- 16
- JLPT Level
- N2
- Frequency
- #1435
- School Grade
- Secondary
- Radical
- 石#112 · stone
Common Words
- 磨きみがきNounpolish, burnishing
- 琢磨たくまNounpolish (jewels), cultivation
- 磨くみがくGodan verbto polish, to shine, to burnish
- 歯磨きはみがきNoundental brushing, brushing one's teeth
- 切磋琢磨せっさたくまNoundiligent application (to work or study), cultivating one's character by studying hard
- 研磨けんまNoungrinding, polishing
- 達磨だるまNoundaruma, tumbling doll, round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted
- 百戦錬磨ひゃくせんれんまno-adjectiveveteran, battle-worn, schooled by adversity in many battles
Practice in Kanjiru
Write 磨 by hand (opens in new tab)Data: KANJIDIC2, JMdict & KRADFILE (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0) · KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0) · kanji-frequency (CC BY 4.0)