Hanja Analyzer
削

削 — sak

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
깎을 삭
Romanization
sak
English
scrape off, pare, trim
Mandarin
xuē
Japanese on'yomi
サク, シャク, ショウ, ソウ
Japanese kun'yomi
けず.る はつ.る そ.ぐ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#814 of 2,500
Strokes
9
Radical
刀 (18, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
肖
Unicode
U+524A

Parts that make up 削

  • 肖 닮을/같을 초, 쇠약할 소sound 작게 저민 고기로 보나 설이 갈린다‘초·소’ 계열의 소리
  • 刂 칼 도variant of 刀 칼날베고 가르는 일. 오른쪽에서 刂 로 쓴다

How 削 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 削 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 肖, 刀.

Korean example words with 削

  • 늑삭勒削 Korean gloss: 남의 머리를 억지로 깎음
  • 삭도削刀 Korean gloss: 승려의 머리털을 깎는 칼
  • 삭제削除 Korean gloss: 깎아 없애거나 지워 버림
  • 자삭自削 Korean gloss: ‘자진 삭제’을 줄여 이르는 말
  • 산삭刪削 Korean gloss: 필요 없는 글자나 글귀를 지워 버림
  • 삭평削平 Korean gloss: 반란이나 소요를 누르고 평온하게 진정함
  • 필삭筆削 Korean gloss: 써 놓은 글에서 더 쓸 것은 쓰고 지울 것은 지워 버림
  • 첨삭添削 Korean gloss: 시문(詩文)이나 답안 따위의 내용 일부를 보태거나 삭제하여 고침
  • 반삭半削 Korean gloss: 머리 길이를 약간만 남기고 삭발에 가깝게 머리털을 깎음. 또는 그 머리
  • 삭감되다削減 Korean gloss: 깎여서 줄다
  • 묵삭하다墨削 Korean gloss: 먹으로 글씨를 지워 버리다
  • 삭지하다削地 Korean gloss: 영지(領地)를 빼앗아 버리다

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 削

  • 削減さくげん cut; reduction; curtailment
  • 掘削くっさく digging out; excavation
  • 削除さくじょ deletion; elimination; erasure
  • 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
  • 添削てんさく correction; looking over; touching up
  • 削り取るけずりとる to shave off; to scrape off
  • 開削かいさく excavation; cutting; digging
  • 研削けんさく grinding
  • 削ぐそぐ to chip (off); to shave off; to slice off
  • 削片さくへん splinter; chip
  • 削摩さくま denudation; ablation; scraping

Characters sharing the phonetic 肖

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “삭”

Other hanja with radical 刀

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