The kanji 削: meaning, readings and stroke order

削

Meaning: shave, cut down
On reading: サク saku
Kun reading: けず（る） kezuru
Strokes: 9
Radical: 刀 knife, sword
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: gọt, cắt bớt (tước)
Japanese: けずる。へらす。
Korean: 깎다, 줄이다 (삭)
Chinese: 削、删减

Readings, words and example sentences

サク saku · on reading · less common

削さく除じょ
deleting, cutting out
いらない部分を 削さく除じょします。
I delete the parts I don't need.

けず（る） kezuru · kun reading

削けずる
to sharpen, to shave off
小刀でえんぴつを 削けずります。
I sharpen my pencil with a small knife.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.