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Kanji: 削

KANJI
9 strokes
READINGS
KUN 訓
けず
はつ
 ON 音 
サク
STROKE ORDER
Slow Fast
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JLPT Level:
JLPT N1 (most advanced level)
Kanken Level:
Kanken Level 3 (completion of 9th grade)
Grade:
Taught during the 7th through 9th grades in Japan
Radical:
刀(刂)
Radical name:
かたな(りっとう)
Meaning:
Plane, sharpen, whittle, pare
Usage:
Appears regularly in Japanese newspapers, but about 800 kanji are used more often.
JLPT Level Word Meaning
N2
(けず)
to cut down little by little, to take a percentage
N2
(さくじょ)
elimination, cancellation, deletion, erasure
N1
(さくげん)
cut, reduction, curtailment
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