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剃 — 9 strokes / Radical「刂」

道
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On
テイてい · tei
Kun
まい・そ.る・す.るmai · so.ru · su.ru
Meaning
shave

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A blade with 弟 as phonetic: to take hair off with a blade — to shave.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 剃刀かみそり

    razor

  • 剃髪ていはつ

    tonsure; taking the tonsure

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

毎朝(まいあさ)、髭(ひげ)を剃(そ)ってから出(で)かける。

Every morning I shave before going out.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

剃刀剃髪剃刀sword髪hair劃divide劉Liu刈reap刊to pub…刋to cut汀water’…砥whetst…釘nail悌respec…挺stand…
CompoundRadicalReading

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