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削 けず.る、はつ.る、そ.ぐ plane, sharpen, whittle, pare 1 814 9 18 かたな・りっとう 会意 Compound Ideographic Sparks will fly if you attempt to PLANE your sabre. 118

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サク げ 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 S 肖: resemblance刀: sword; saber; knife 刀 2 (none) plane With today´s strict air regulations, carrying a sabre onto a plane could spark quite a commotion.

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	118

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