Medoru
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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)
達磨歌 だるまうた

confusing song or poem (esp. used derogatorily to describe a style of middle-age Japanese poetry popularized by Fujiwara no Teika)

靴を磨く くつをみがく

to polish one's shoes

達磨宗 だるましゅう

Zen (Buddhism)

磨きをかける みがきをかける

to polish up (on)

歯磨剤 しまざい

dentifrice

水歯磨き みずはみがき

mouthwash

須磨琴 すまごと

single-stringed Japanese zither

磨きガラス みがきガラス

polished plate glass

磨面 まめん

polished surface

研磨面 けんまめん

polished surface

自分磨き じぶんみがき

self-improvement

女磨き おんなみがき

women's beauty improvement

磨き込む みがきこむ

to polish

鏡磨ぎ かがみとぎ

polishing a metallic mirror

磨き液 みがきえき

polish

研磨仕上げ けんましあげ

polishing

電解研磨 でんかいけんま

electrolytic polishing

磨り出し すりだし

polishing

磨砕 まさい

grinding

磨き布 みがきぬの

polishing cloth

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