The kanji 搾: meaning, readings and stroke order

搾

Meaning: squeeze, press
On reading: サク saku
Kun reading: しぼ（る） shiboru
Strokes: 13
Radical: 手 hand
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: vắt, ép
Japanese: しぼる。おしつけてしるをだす。
Korean: 짜다, 쥐어짜다 (착)
Chinese: 榨、挤 (榨)

Readings, words and example sentences

サク saku · on reading · less common

圧あっ搾さく
compression, pressing
空気を 圧あっ搾さくします。
They compress air.

しぼ（る） shiboru · kun reading · less common

搾しぼる
to milk, to squeeze
牛の乳を 搾しぼります。
They milk the cow.

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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.