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

Jōyō Kanji High School.   JLPT N1.

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