| 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! | 
| RTK Index (new) | 689 | 
Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1001-1500
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