This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: サク、けず.る、はつ.る、そ.ぐ
Romaji: saku, kezu.ru, hatsu.ru, so.gu
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Name Reading

Kana:
Romaji: ge
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Romaji

Meanings

plane, sharpen, whittle, pare, shave

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  9
Radical Number:  18
Frequency:  814
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-7-2
Korean Reading:  sag
Chinese Reading:  xue4
Unicode:  524a
JIS:  3A6F

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1448
Nelson Index: 690
New Nelson Index: 488
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2f7.4
Four Corner Index: 9220.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 1298
Gakken Index: 1453
Daikanwanjiten Index: 2000X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 2.0269
Remembering the kanji Index: 118
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1092
Kodansha Compact Index: 195
Kanji in Context Index: 1320
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 972
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1316
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 119
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 124
Essential Kanji Index: 1164
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1837
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1043
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1233

Words

(さく)
plane; sharpen; whittle; pare; shave (leather); scrape off; crossout; reduce; curtail
削除 (さくじょ)
elimination; cancellation; deletion; erasure; DEL (key)
削る (はつる)
to shave off (esp. concrete); to take a percentage; to take a cut
開削 (かいさく)
excavation; cutting; digging
切削 (せっさく)
cutting; a cut; machining
削減 (さくげん)
cut; reduction; curtailment
削る (けずる)
to shave (wood or leather); to sharpen; to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off; to shave off (e.g. a budget, expenses, a salary, etc.); to curtail; to cut down; to cross out; to reduce; to curtail; to remove; to erase; to delete
掘削 (くっさく)
digging out; excavation
削ぐ (そぐ)
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to sharpen; to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken; to reduce
研削 (けんさく)
grinding
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