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Kanji literal and JLPT

Kanji Details for 削

削 JLPT 1
Strokes count

Strokes: 9

Radicals

Radicals: 刈 月

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plane, sharpen, whittle, pare, sharpen, whittle, pare
  • サク
  • けず.る
  • はつ.る
  • そ.ぐ

Popular Words With This Kanji

  • 削減

    cut; reduction; curtailment

  • 削る, 梳る

    to shave (wood or leather); to sharpen; to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off

    to shave off (e.g. a budget, expenses, a salary, etc.); to curtail; to cut down

    to cross out; to reduce; to curtail; to remove; to erase; to delete

  • 削除

    elimination; cancellation; deletion; erasure; DEL (key)