擦

grate, rub, scratch, scrape, chafe, scour

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

サツ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

-ず.れこす.るこす.れるす.るす.れる

Stroke Order

17 / 17

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:17

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1485

Vocabulary

サツ

Word	Reading	Meaning
摩擦	マサツ	friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction; strife; conflict
破擦音	ハサツオン	affricate; affricative
摩擦音	マサツオン	fricative; fricative consonant
冷水摩擦	レイスイマサツ	rubdown with a wet towel; cold-water rubbing
塗擦剤	トサツザイ	liniment; ointment; salve

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
擦れ擦れ	すれすれ	grazing; skimming; almost touching; passing within inches; being within a whisker; shaving close; barely; just; narrowly; by a slim margin
擦る	こする	to rub; to scrub; to scrape; to repeatedly reuse (a joke, a topic of conversation, etc.); to milk; to keep getting mileage out of; to mash (a button); to spam (a move)
擦る	さする	to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
擦る	する	to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to file; to frost (glass); to squander (one's money); to run through (one's fortune); to lose money (e.g. by gambling)
擦り傷	すりきず	scratch; graze; scrape; abrasion

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