Kanji
N1 9 strokes Grade 8 freq #814

plane, sharpen, whittle, pare, shave

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

sword katana

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

cut; reduction
digging out; excavation
deletion; elimination
correction; looking over
sharp reduction; drastic cut
excavation (esp. of a tunnel); drivage
automatic deletion
uncut; unabridged
cutting tool

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

flaked bonito
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil)
to shave off; to scrape off
to machine; to cut
stored message deletion; MS
file deletion
to compete ruthlessly; to sharpen swords
wooden flower whittled from a log
cutting a person's sidelocks; evenly cut sidelocks (symbol of adulthood for noblewomen in the Heian era)
to undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry

Example sentences

Reducing the budget deficit is a major concern of the government.

Toyota Corporation announced that it would cut 1,000 positions this year.

Delete his name from the list of the applicants.

I've mistakenly deleted the party information and registration you sent to me.