Kanji

削

削

plane, sharpen, whittle, pare, shave

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

9 strokes

Radical

リ部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

サク

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

けずる, はつる, そぐ

Common Readings

サク, けず…る

Example sentences

削る けずる
毎日、ナイフで鉛筆を削っています。

I sharpen my pencil with a knife every day.

板 いた
大工は、厚い木の板を丁寧に削った。

The carpenter carefully planed the thick wooden board.

削ぐ そぐ
予期せぬ雨が、ハイキングへの意欲を削いだ。

The unexpected rain dampened our enthusiasm for the hike.

削除 さくじょ
パソコンから不要なファイルを削除した。

I deleted unnecessary files from the computer.

削減 さくげん
政府は無駄な支出を削減する必要がある。

The government needs to cut unnecessary spending.

大幅 おおはば
景気の悪化により、予算が大幅に削減された。

Due to the economic downturn, the budget was significantly cut.

掘削 くっさく
トンネルの掘削作業が始まった

The excavation work for the tunnel has begun.

油井 ゆせい
その国は新しい油井を掘削し、産油量を増やした。

That country drilled a new oil well and increased its oil production.

Example Vocabulary

削る

けずる

to shave; to sharpen; to reduce; to delete

削ぐ

そぐ

to slice off; to dampen; to discourage; to weaken

削除

さくじょ

deletion; elimination; removal

削れる

けずれる

削り取る

けずりとる

削減

さくげん

reduction; cut; curtailment

削ぎ落とす

そぎおとす

身を削る

みをけずる

掘削

くっさく

excavation; drilling; boring

削り出す

けずりだす

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