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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)

polish

ground stone tool

to polish (up)

abrasives

sandpaper

tooth powder

toothpaste

ceremony held in honor (honour) of Bodhidharma (October 5)

barge

polish (jewels)

abrasion

to cultivate wisdom

to improve one's skill

grinder

chemical polishing

to be worn down

permanence

to brush one's teeth

to polish one's skills

千載不磨せんざいふま

still remaining after a thousand years

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