削 Kanji for shave

N1Grade 89 strokes

shave, plane, sharpen, whittle, pare

Kun: けず.る、はつ.る、そ.ぐ
On: サク

削 is the Japanese kanji for shave, plane, sharpen, whittle, pare. It is written with 9 strokes and appears at JLPT level N1. Its kun reading is けず.る、はつ.る、そ.ぐ and its on reading is サク.

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Words with 削

削けずるto shave (wood, leather, etc.), to sharpen (e.g. pencil), to plane
削さく減げんcut, reduction, curtailment
削さく除じょdeletion, elimination, erasure
掘くっ削さくdigging out, excavation
削けずり節ぶしflaked bonito
添てん削さくcorrection, looking over, touching up

Practice 削 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.