削り

斫り

Reading

Kana: はつり

Romaji: hatsuri

Definition

noun

1

shaving (usu. concrete, paintwork, etc.); chipping

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

削

Readings: サク、 けず.る、 はつ.る、 そ.ぐ

Meanings: plane, sharpen, whittle, pare, shave

斫

Readings: シャク、 き.る

Meaning: cut with a sword

Example Sentence

洪水(こうずい)で家(いえ)の土台(どだい)が削(けず)り取(と)られた。

➥The house was undermined by the flood.