削 plane, sharpen, whittle, pare, shave 9 strokes jōyō, taught in secondary school old JLPT 1 #814 in newspapers Readings Onサク Kunけず.る、はつ.る、そ.ぐ In Chinese 削 Words written with it 削減 さくげん cut N1 掘削 くっさく digging out 削除 さくじょ deletion N2 削る けずる to shave (wood, leather, etc.) N2 削り節 けずりぶし flaked bonito 添削 てんさく correction 荒削り あらけずり rough-hewn 削り取る けずりとる to shave off