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磨 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「石」

道
準2High school level ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「石」
On
マま · ma
Kun
みが.く・す.るmiga.ku · su.ru
Meaning
polish; grind

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

石 "stone" with 麻 "to grind": rubbing with stone to bring out a shine — to polish.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onマまma研磨けんま
Kunみがくmigaku磨くみがく磨き粉みがきこ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 研磨けんま

    grinding; polishing

  • 歯磨きはみがき

    brushing one's teeth

More words with this kanji

  • 切磋琢磨せっさたくま
  • 琢磨たくま

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

毎晩(まいばん)歯(は)を磨(みが)く。

I brush my teeth every night.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

歯磨き研磨磨歯tooth研polish砕smash硝nitrat…硫sulphu…碁the ga…礁reef麻hemp摩rub茉used…痲numbne…嘛lama …
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Compound

Map of radical 石Map of reading マAll maps

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