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磨

磨 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. みがく、こすりあわせる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「石」+音符「麻」。「砥石」を意味する漢語｛磨｝を表す字。もと「麻」が｛磨｝を表す字であったが、「石」を加えた。のち仮借して「みがく」を意味する漢語｛磨｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

grind, polish, scour, improve, brush (teeth)

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • マJHS
Kun (native)
  • みが(く)JHS
  • す(る)
Nanori (used in names)
  • おさむ
Other languages
  • 拼音mo2
  • 拼音mo4
  • 한글ma
  • Hán-ViệtMa
  • Hán-ViệtMá

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
16 strokes
Radical
石(いし)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+78E8

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿸麻石

Words using this kanji

  • 磨きみがきpolish, burnishing, improvement, becoming more skilled
  • 磨くみがく「みがく」を参照。to polish, to shine, to burnish, to scour
  • 磨石とぎいしwhetstone, grindstone
  • 磨損まそんwear and tear, abrasion, friction loss
  • 磨淬まさいpolishing one's sword
  • 磨面まめんpolished surface, facet
  • 磨砕まさいgrinding, trituration
  • 磨製ませいmade by grinding stone
  • 磨き砂みがきずなpolishing sand
  • 磨き紙みがきがみemery paper
  • 磨き粉みがきこpolishing powder
  • 磨研紙まけんしemery paper
  • 磨羯宮まかつきゅう占星術における、黄道十二星座・十二宮のひとつ。現在は、やぎ座がそれにあたる。Capricorn (10th zodiacal sign), the Goat
  • 磨崖仏まがいぶつBuddha figure carved on a rock face
  • 磨き液みがきえきpolish, cleaner, polishing liquid
  • 磨き布みがきぬのpolishing cloth
  • 磨り砕くすりくだくto rub to pieces, to grind into powder
  • 磨り出すすりだすto polish
  • 磨り消すすりけすto erase, to efface, to rub out
  • 磨り崩すすりくずすto rub to pieces

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
3-3-13
Four Corner
0026.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3q13.3
Heisig
638
Nelson
5393