Kanji
N1 17 strokes Grade 8 freq #1485

grate, rub, scratch, scrape, chafe

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

hand te

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

friction
frictional resistance; frictional drag
brush-mark pattern (scraped into the surface of earthenware with wood)
sibilant; sibilant consonant
intertrigo
skin friction
coefficient of friction
cultural friction
stria (carved out by a glacier, etc.)
glacial striae; glacial striations

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to rub; to chafe
scratch; graze
to rub; to scrub
fire alarm ringing continuously to warn that a fire is extremely near
rolling friction
chafing; sore
to have become worn
fire alarm ringing continuously to warn that a fire is extremely near
scratch; graze
friction clutch

Example sentences

Tires wear down because of friction between the rubber and the road surface.

Friction causes a match to light.

I have a graze here.

She got scratches in the accident.