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削

Kanji 削: meaning "Plane, Sharpen, Whittle", readings, stroke order

The kanji 削 means "Plane, Sharpen, Whittle". On'yomi: サク; kun'yomi: けずる. JLPT N1 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
Plane, Sharpen, Whittle
On'yomi
サク
Kun'yomi
けずる
Strokes
9
Level
JLPT N1
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)

Words with 削

  • 削る けずる — to cut down little by little, to take a percentage
  • 削除 さくじょ — elimination, deletion
  • 削減 さくげん — cut, reduction

Stroke order · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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