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common

サク/SAKU/    けず.る/kezu.ru/    はつ.る/hatsu.ru/    そ.ぐ/so.gu/SAKU/サク/    kezu.ru/けず.る/    hatsu.ru/はつ.る/    so.gu/そ.ぐ/

plane;  sharpen;  whittle;  pare

Radical: 刂 (knife).   Strokes: 9画.   Elements: 刂月⺌.   Pinyin: xuē / xiāo / xuè.   Hangul: 삭 [sag].   Nanori: げge.

Jōyō Kanji High School.   JLPT N1.

Example compounds:
サクSAKU添削【てんさくtensaku】correction; looking over; touching up
削除【さくじょsakujo】elimination; cancellation; deletion; erasure; DEL (key)
掘削【くっさくkussaku】digging out; excavation
けずるkezuru削る【けずるkezuru】to shave (wood or leather); to shave off (e.g. a budget, expenses, a salary, etc.); to cross out
一字削る【いちじけずるichijikezuru】to delete a letter
しのぎを削る【しのぎをけずるshinogiwokezuru】to compete ruthlessly; to sharpen swords
はつるhatsuru削る【はつるhatsuru】to cut down little by little; to take a percentage
そぐsogu削ぐ【そぐsogu】to chip; to thin down
気勢を削ぐ【きせいをそぐkiseiwosogu】to diminish (dampen) the spirit
Codepoints and classification codes:
524a–Unicode
26-79–JIS X 0208
1-7-2–SKIP
2f7.4–TKD
9220.0–Four Corner
1043–De Roo
Dictionary indices:
690–Classic Nelson
488–The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
1448–New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern
972–Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern
118–Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig
1453–A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken)
1164–Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill
2000X–Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 2 p. 269
1298–A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall
1611–Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky
1092–Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki
1233–Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask
1320–Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono
195–Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
119–Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig
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