| 削 | meaning | 'plane, sharpen, whittle, pare' |
| onyomi | サク | |
| kunyomi | けず.る, はつ.る, そ.ぐ |
| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| 削る | けずる | to cut down little by little, to take a percentage |
| 削除 | さくじょ | elimination, cancellation, deletion, erasure |
| 削ぐ | そぐ | to chip; to thin down, to reduce, to weaken |
| 削り取る | けずりとる | to shave off, to scrape off |
| 削り節 | けずりぶし | flaked bonito |
| 削減 | さくげん | cut, reduction, curtailment |
| 掘削 | くっさく | digging out, excavation |
| 添削 | てんさく | correction |
| 粗削り | あらけずり | still in the process of being formed |
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