Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 削


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Meaning

whittle, sharpen, pare, curtail, plane, cut cost

Pronunciation

SAKU
kezuru

Explanation

Left: alike, imitate (Small bodies / are alike.), right: knife

Mnemonic

Small bodies are cut with a knife, when whittling or paring.

Radicals

be similar
cut(Variante of sword )
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Vocabulary

添削 てんさく rectification, correction
削る けずる to shave (wood or leather), to sharpen, to shave off (e.g. a budget, expenses,etc.); to reduce
削減 さくげん cut, reduction, curtailment
削除 さくじょ elimination, cancellation, deletion, erasure

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