削

plane, sharpen, whittle, pare, shave

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

サク

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

けず.るそ.ぐはつ.る

Nanori (名乗り)

げ

Stroke Order

9 / 9

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:9

JLPT:N1

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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