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削

plane
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingサク
Kun readingけず.る、はつ.る、そ.ぐ
JōyōGrade 8
  1. to shave (wood, leather, etc.)
  2. to sharpen (e.g. pencil)
  3. to plane
  4. to whittle
  5. to pare

Popular Usage

削る削除

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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resemblance · spark · candle · small (小) · little (小) · moon (月) · month (月) · flesh (月) · part of the body (月) · sword (刀) · sabre (刀) · saber (刀)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 124

Compound words

削るけずる
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to plane; to whittle; to pare
削除さくじょ
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
削減さくげん
cut; reduction; curtailment
添削てんさく
correction; looking over; touching up
掘削くっさく
digging out; excavation
削り節けずりぶし
flaked bonito

Stroke Order

9 strokes

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