Moto 削: Plane; Sharpen; WhittleKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- サク
- Kun'yomi
- けず(る)、はつ(る)、そ(ぐ)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 93 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (サク)
- 削減さくげんcut; reduction
- 掘削くっさくdigging out; excavation
- 削除さくじょdeletion; elimination
- 添削てんさくcorrection; looking over
- コスト削減コストさくげんcost reduction; cost saving
- トンネル掘削機トンネルくっさくきtunnel boring machine; TBM
- ファイルの削除ファイルのさくじょfile deletion
- 予算削減よさんさくげんbudget cut
- 二酸化炭素削減目標にさんかたんそさくげんもくひょうCO2-reduction goal
- 二酸化炭素削減義務にさんかたんそさくげんぎむcarbon dioxide reducing obligation
- 人員削減じんいんさくげんpersonnel reduction
- 債務削減さいむさくげんdebt reduction
- 兵力削減へいりょくさくげんforce reduction; troop reduction
- 切削せっさくcutting (e.g. metal)
- 切削工具せっさくこうぐcutting tool
- 削さくplane; sharpen
- 削井さくせいwell drilling
- 削剥作用さくはくさようdenudation; degradation
- 削去さっきょremoval; deletion
- 削器さっき(stone) scraper
- 削字さくじdesigning a font
- 削岩機さくがんきrock drill; pneumatic drill
- 削摩さくまdenudation
- 削歯さくしteeth clipping; teeth filing
- 削氷機さくひょうきice-shaving machine
- 削片さくへんsplinter; chip
- 削片板さくへんいたparticle board
- 削蹄さくていhoof trimming; hoof cutting
- 削進さくしんexcavation (esp. of a tunnel); drivage
- 削除キーさくじょキーdelete key; DEL key
- 労働力削減ろうどうりょくさくげんworkforce reduction
- 大幅削減おおはばさくげんsharp reduction; drastic cut
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 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)
- 削り取るけずりとるto shave off; to scrape off
- 粗削りあらけずりrough-hewn; incomplete
- えんぴつ削りえんぴつけずりpencil sharpener
- しのぎを削るしのぎをけずるto compete ruthlessly; to sharpen swords
- びんぼう削りびんぼうけずりpencil sharpened at both ends; sharpening a pencil at both ends
- 予算を削るよさんをけずるto curtail a budget
- 削がれるそがれるto be dampened; to be discouraged
- 削ぎ切りそぎぎりcutting a thin object (e.g. vegetable stalk) at a 45 degree angle; cutting in a way that blunts or rounds the cut
- 削ぎ落とすそぎおとすto chip off; to scrape off
- 削ぐそぐto chip (off); to shave (off)
- 削げるそげるto split; to be split
- 削りけずりshaving; planing
- 削りかすけずりかすshavings; filings
- 削りくずけずりくずshavings
- 削りとるけずりとるto shave off; to scrape off
- 削り代けずりしろcutting stock (extra material cut off in machining operations as a safety margin for tolerances); machining allowance
- 削り出すけずりだすto machine; to cut
- 削り屑けずりくずshavings
- 削り滓けずりかすshavings; filings
- 削り粕けずりかすshavings; filings
- 削り花けずりばなwooden flower whittled from a log
- 削り落とすけずりおとすto scrape off; to plane off
- 削れるけずれるto be shaved or planed
Other readings
- エンピツ削りえんぴつけずりpencil sharpener
- 削りクズけずりくずshavings
- 削屋そぎやclearance store
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Kanji that often appear with 削
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