削

meaningplane, sharpen, whittle, pare, shave

On'yomi
サク
Kun'yomi
けず.る、はつ.る、そ.ぐ
Strokes
9
Taught in
Secondary school (jōyō)
Frequency
#814 most common in newspapers

Words it lives in

削
  • 削減さくげんcut
  • 掘削くっさくdigging out
  • 削除さくじょdeletion
  • 削り節けずりぶしflaked bonito
  • 削るけずるto shave
  • 添削てんさくcorrection

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