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削 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「刂」

道
3Junior high level ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「刂」
On
サクさく · saku
Kun
けず.る・はつ.る・そ.ぐkezu.ru · hatsu.ru · so.gu
Meaning
cut; delete

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

刂 "blade" with 肖: to pare away with a blade — to cut, to delete.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onサクさくsaku削除さくじょ削減さくげん添削てんさく
Kunけずるkezuru削るけずる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 削減さくげん

    reduction; cut

  • 添削てんさく

    correction (of writing)

More words with this kanji

  • 削るけずる
  • 鎬を削るしのぎをけずる

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

費用(ひよう)を削減(さくげん)する方法(ほうほう)を考(かんが)えた。

We considered ways to cut costs.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

添削削減削添add減to dec…刑punish…刈reap刊to pub…刋to cut刎to beh…搾squeez…錯confus…乍while作to mak…胙meat…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 刂Map of reading サクAll maps

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