削

shave; plane; sharpen; whittle; pare

9 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 814.

Readings

• サク (on reading): 削除 (さくじょ) deletion; 削減 (さくげん) cut
• けずる (kun reading): 削る (けずる) to shave (wood, leather, etc.); 削れる (けずれる) to be shaved or planed
• そぐ (kun reading): 削ぐ (そぐ) to chip (off); 気勢を削ぐ (きせいをそぐ) to diminish (dampen) the spirit
• はつる (kun reading)

Components

• 肖
• 刂
• ⺉ radical knife, right-side form of 刀
• ⺌ radical small, top form of 小
• 月 radical moon; flesh

Words using 削

• 削除 (さくじょ) deletion
• 削減 (さくげん) cut
• 掘削 (くっさく) digging out
• 開削 (かいさく) excavation
• 経費削減 (けいひさくげん) reduction of expenditure
• 削る (けずる) to shave (wood, leather, etc.)
• 削れる (けずれる) to be shaved or planed
• 削り (けずり) shaving
• 削り取る (けずりとる) to shave off
• 荒削り (あらけずり) rough-hewn
• 削ぐ (そぐ) to chip (off)
• 気勢を削ぐ (きせいをそぐ) to diminish (dampen) the spirit
• 鼻を削がれる (はなをそがれる) to have one's nose mutilated
• 削げる (そげる) to split
• 頬の削げた (ほおのそげた) hollow-cheeked
• 刀削麺 (とうしょうめん) knife-cut noodles (specialty of Shanxi Province, China)
• 刀削麺 (ダオシャオミェン) knife-cut noodles (specialty of Shanxi Province, China)

88 words in all.

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