削 Kanji – plane
The Japanese kanji 削 can mean plane, sharpen, whittle, pare, shave.
Meaning and Readings
How is 削 read?
削 has the onyomi reading サク and the kunyomi readings けずる, はつる, そぐ.
In romaji, these readings can be written as saku, kezuru, hatsuru, sogu.
Common Japanese Words Using 削
These common Japanese words contain 削. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 削り節（けずりぶし） — flaked bonito
- 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
- 削減（さくげん） — cut, reduction, curtailment
- 削除（さくじょ） — deletion, elimination, erasure, striking out
- 添削（てんさく） — correction, looking over, touching up
- 掘削（くっさく） — digging out, excavation