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磨

JLPT N2 16 strokes Frequency: #1608

Meanings

Grind, Polish, Scour, Improve, Brush (teeth)

Radicals

石

Decomposition

⿸麻石

Etymology

Pictophonetic: stone

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 16

Stroke Order

1 vertical right-to-left

2 horizontal bottom-to-top

3 diagonal top-to-bottom

4 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

5 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

6 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

7 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

8 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

9 vertical right-to-left

10 diagonal right-to-left

11 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

12 horizontal bottom-to-top

13 diagonal bottom-to-top

14 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

15 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

16 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

マ ma

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

す su

みが miga

Words Using This Kanji

71 words total

Other (20 words)

達磨だるま

daruma

permanence

磨き紙みがきがみ

emery paper

磨り砕くすりくだく

to rub to pieces

磨き上げるみがきあげる

to polish up

磨り出すすりだす

to polish

磨石とぎいし

whetstone

磨くみがく

to polish

磨り崩すすりくずす

to rub to pieces

磨き砂みがきずな

polishing sand

磨研紙まけんし

emery paper

磨き粉みがきこ

polishing powder

磨り消すすりけす

to erase

磨損まそん

wear and tear

研磨けんま

grinding

磨りガラスすりガラス

ground glass

歯磨きはみがき

dental brushing

百戦錬磨ひゃくせんれんま

veteran

練磨れんま

training

靴磨きくつみがき

shoeshine

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