削

削 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

plane, sharpen, whittle, pare, shave

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

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Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰肖刂

削減さくげん減らすこと。少なくすること。cut, reduction, curtailment
削除さくじょ文章などの一部を削り取ること。コンピュータといった媒体上から、データなどを削り取ること。消去とは異なる。deletion, elimination, erasure, striking out
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
削り取るけずりとるto shave off, to scrape off
削ぐそぐ「そぐ」を参照。to chip (off), to shave off, to slice off, to cut off
削るはつるto shave off (esp. concrete), to take a percentage, to take a cut
削片さくへんsplinter, chip
削摩さくまdenudation, ablation, scraping, wearing down
削りけずりshaving, planing, cutting, shavings
削進さくしんexcavation (esp. of a tunnel), drivage
削りはつりshaving (usu. concrete, paintwork, etc.), chipping
削去さっきょremoval, deletion
削歯さくしteeth clipping, teeth filing
削蹄さくてい家畜（特に牛馬）の蹄を一定期間ごとに削ること。hoof trimming, hoof cutting
削器さっき(stone) scraper
削氷機さくひょうきice-shaving machine
削岩機さくがんき「鑿岩機」を参照。rock drill, pneumatic drill, jackhammer
削れるけずれるto be shaved or planed
削げるそげるto split, to be split, to splinter, to chip

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.