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錆

rust
Stroke count: 16

Readings

On readingショウ、セイ
Kun readingさび、くわ.しい
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. rustRtK
    彼はやすりで錆を落とした。He rubbed the rust off with a file.tatoeba
    君の身から出た錆だ。You have no one but yourself to blame.tatoeba
  2. tarnish

Homonyms

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Same reading (さび)
寂 · patina

Popular Usage

錆びる

Radicals and components

Radical金gold釒variant
Components
How it's built
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Compound words

錆びるさびる
to rust; to become rusty
身から出た錆みからでたさび
paying for one's mistakes
金錆かなさび
rust
錆びさび
rust
錆つくさびつく
to become rusted together
錆止めさびどめ
rust-proofing
錆付くさびつく
to become rusted together
不錆鋼ふせいこう
stainless steel
錆びつくさびつく
to become rusted together
錆び付くさびつく
to become rusted together

Additional Examples

休みすぎは錆びる。
Too much rest is rust.tatoeba
ほら、錆で金属がどんどん腐食しているよ。
Hey, rust is eating away the metal.tatoeba

Stroke Order

16 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 錆

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step