The kanji 磨: meaning, readings and stroke order

磨

Meaning: polish, brush
On reading: マ ma
Kun reading: みが（く） migaku
Strokes: 16
Radical: 石 stone
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: đánh bóng, mài giũa (ma)
Japanese: みがく。こすってきれいにする。
Korean: 닦다, 갈다 (마)
Chinese: 磨、擦亮

Readings, words and example sentences

マ ma · on reading · less common

研けん磨ま
polishing, grinding
レンズを 研けん磨まします。
They polish the lens.

みが（く） migaku · kun reading

磨みがく
to brush, to polish; to improve (a skill)
毎朝歯を 磨みがきます。
I brush my teeth every morning.

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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.