削
pare, plane, sharpen, shave, whittle
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
9 / 9
Information
Grade:8
Strokes:9
JLPT:1
Frequency:814
Vocabulary
サク
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 削減 | サクゲン | cut; reduction; curtailment |
| 削除 | サクジョ | deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out |
| 添削 | テンサク | correction; looking over; touching up |
| 開削 | カイサク | excavation; cutting; digging |
| 経費削減 | ケイヒサクゲン | reduction of expenditure; reduction of expenses; cost reduction; cost-cutting |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 削り節 | けずりぶし | flaked bonito |
| 削る | けずる | to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off; to erode; to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to reduce; to delete; to erase; to remove; to cross out; to strike out |
| 掘削 | くっさく | digging out; excavation |
| 削り取る | けずりとる | to shave off; to scrape off |
| 荒削り | あらけずり | rough-hewn; incomplete; unrefined; still in the process of being formed |
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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
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resemblance
Grade 8JLPT 1
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用
business, employ, service, use, utilize
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adjusted, alike, equal, similar variety of
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庸
commonplace, employment, ordinary
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浦
bay, beach, creek, gulf, inlet, seacoast
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痛
bruise, damage, hurt, pain
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divide
Grade 8JLPT 1