Practice JLPT
削
JLPT N1 Kanji

削 — plane, sharpen, whittle, pare

  • JLPT N1
  • 9 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 刀
  • #814 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi
サク
Kun'yomi
けず.るはつ.るそ.ぐ

Example words

  • 削減さくげんcut; reduction; curtailment
  • 削除さくじょelimination; cancellation; deletion; erasure; DEL (key)
  • 削るけずる(1) to shave (wood or leather); to sharpen; to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off (2) to shave off (e.g. a budget, expenses, a salary, etc.); to curtail; to cut down (3) to cross out; to reduce; to curtail; to remove; to erase; to delete