What is the Kanji for "Pare", "Reduce", and "Whittle down"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Pare", "Reduce", and "Whittle down", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Pare", "Reduce", and "Whittle down" is "削".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Kezu".

Its onyomi reading is "Saku".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The radical "刂" means "Sword" . And The kanji "肖" means "Resemble" and "Resemblance" and can be read as "Shou" and "Ayaka".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "削" mean in japanese?

"削" means "Pare", "Reduce", and "Whittle down".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

削減: "Cut" or "Reduce". The Japanese verbal noun '削減 (さくげん)' means 'to cut' or 'to reduce'. This term is used to describe the act of decreasing the amount, size, or number of something. It can be applied to various contexts such as costs, expenditures, staff, or other resources. For example: The company aims to reduce costs - (会社は費用を削減することを目指している). We need to cut back on our spending - (我々はコストを削減する必要がある).

削除: "Deletion". The Japanese verbal noun '削除 (さくじょ)' means 'deletion'. It refers to the act of removing or erasing something, often from a computer or digital document. For example: They performed a deletion of the entire database - (全データベースの削除が行われました). Deletion of unnecessary files is recommended - (不要なファイルの削除が推奨されます).

削る: "Shave" or "Carve". The Japanese verb '削る (けずる)' means 'to shave' or 'to carve'. This verb is used to describe the act of removing a small amount of material from a surface, such as scraping, trimming, or chiseling. It can be used for physical actions like shaving facial hair, carving wood or stone, or for more abstract actions like revising or editing text. For example: I need to shave my beard - (私は髭を削る必要がある). The sculptor is carefully carving the statue - (彫刻家は慎重に像を削っている).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "さ" is read as "sa". The hiragana "く" is read as "ku". The hiragana "け" is read as "ke". And The hiragana "ず" is read as "zu".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.