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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 (11 words)

達磨ストーブだるまストーブ

potbelly stove

磨製ませい

made by grinding stone

バフ研磨バフけんま

buffing

研磨剤けんまざい

abrasive compound

不磨の大典ふまのたいてん

immutable law (esp. the Meiji constitution)

鈍磨どんま

becoming dull (of a knife, one's wits, etc.)

磨きがかかるみがきがかかる

to become improved

再研磨さいけんま

repolishing

歯磨き楊枝はみがきようじ

toothbrush

歯磨き剤はみがきざい

dentifrice

玉磨かざれば光なしたまみがかざればひかりなし

success does not come from talent alone

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