| Kanji | 摩 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | マ |
| Kunyomi | ま.する、さす.る、す.る |
| English | chafe, rub, polish, grind, scrape |
| Examples | 摩擦(まさつ): friction; rubbing; rubdown; chafe 摩る(さする): (1) to pat; to stroke (2) to rub off; to polish; to grind; to graze; to scrape (3) to be equal to (4) to be about to reach |
| JLPT Level | 1 |
| Jouyou Grade | S |
| Frequency | 1252 |
| Components | 麻: hemp; flax 手: hand |
| Number of Strokes | 15 |
| Kanji Radical | 手 |
| Radical Number | 64 |
| Radical Strokes | 4 |
| Radical Reading | て・てへん |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 形声 Phonetic |
| Keyword | chafe |
| Koohii Story 1 | If you grind the hemp without a stone but use your hand instead it will chafe. (Image: "Robin, why are your hands all chafed?" ´Uh... (I´ve been grinding hemp all day)´). |
| Koohii Story 2 | When the feds came to bust your little hemp grove, you jumped out the back side of the cave and tried to repel down with a hemp rope. Unfortunately, the rope chafed your hands and you fell .. ouch! |
Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1001-1500
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