plane, sharpen, whittle, pare

About this kanji

The kanji 削 means to plane, sharpen, or shave something down. It is commonly used as a verb and also appears in various nouns. For example, 削減 (さくげん) means "cut" or "reduction," often used in discussions about budgets or expenses. Another usage is 削る (けずる), which means "to shave" something like wood or leather. Additionally, 削除 (さくじょ) means "deletion," referring to removing content, such as files. When learning this kanji, note that it often conveys the idea of reducing or refining something by removing material.

Example sentences

• 冗長な部分を削った。

  I deleted the redundant parts.

Meanings across languages

English

plane, sharpen, whittle, pare, shave

Tiếng Việt

phẳng, mài, đục, cắt gọn, cạo

日本語

平らにする, 研ぐ, 削る, 切る, 剃る

한국어

평평하게 하다, 갈다, 깎다, 치수 줄이다, 면도하다

中文

刨平, 削尖, 切削, 削减, 剃

id

meratakan

th

เหลา

es

afilar

fr

tailler

de

Schleifen

pt

alisar

Common compounds

• 削減さくげんcut, reduction, curtailment
• 削るけずるto shave (wood, leather, etc.), to sharpen (e.g. pencil), to plane
• 削除さくじょdeletion, elimination, erasure
• 添削てんさくcorrection, looking over, touching up
• 掘削くっさくdigging out, excavation
• 削り節けずりぶしflaked bonito
• 荒削りあらけずりrough-hewn, incomplete, unrefined
• 削り取るけずりとるto shave off, to scrape off