Dictionary: “削る”

削る

けずる

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off; to erode

I sharpened a pencil with a knife.

Kun/On information

削
On
さく
Kun
けず.る;はつ.る;そ.ぐ
Stroke count
9

・plane

・sharpen

・whittle

・pare

・shave

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Related words to 削る

4 related words

削る

けずる

→

to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.);to curtail;to reduce

削る

けずる

→

to delete;to erase;to remove;to cross out;to strike out

削る

はつる

→

to shave off (esp. concrete)

削る

はつる

→

to take a percentage;to take a cut