| Kanji | 削 | 
|---|---|
| Onyomi | サク | 
| Kunyomi | けず.る、はつ.る、そ.ぐ | 
| Nanori | げ | 
| English | plane, sharpen, whittle, pare | 
| Examples | 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 | 
| JLPT Level | 1 | 
| Jouyou Grade | S | 
| Frequency | 814 | 
| Components | 肖: resemblance 刀: sword; saber; knife | 
| Number of Strokes | 9 | 
| Kanji Radical | 刀 | 
| Radical Number | 18 | 
| Radical Strokes | 2 | 
| Radical Reading | かたな・りっとう | 
| Traditional Form | (none) | 
| Classification | 会意 Compound Ideographic | 
| Keyword | plane | 
| Koohii Story 1 | Sparks will fly if you attempt to PLANE your sabre. | 
| Koohii Story 2 | With today´s strict air regulations, carrying a sabre onto a plane could spark quite a commotion. | 
| RTK Index (new) | 124 | 
Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq751-1000
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