磨
commongrind; polish; scour; improve; brush (teeth)
Radical: 石 (stone). Strokes: 16画. Elements: 口石木广麻. . Hangul: 마 [ma]. Nanori: おさむosamu.
Jōyō Kanji High School. JLPT N2.
Example compounds:
| マMA | 磨耗【まもうmamō】wear; abrasion 百戦練磨【ひゃくせんれんまhyakusenrenma】veteran; (someone) schooled by adversity in many battles; (someone) rich in life's experience gained through much adversity 達磨【だるまdaruma】daruma; Bodhidharma; prostitute |
| みがくmigaku | 磨く【みがくmigaku】to polish; to refine 智を磨く【ちをみがくchiwomigaku】to cultivate wisdom 歯を磨く【はをみがくhawomigaku】to brush one's teeth |
| するsuru | 磨る【するsuru】to rub; to lose (e.g. a match) |
Codepoints and classification codes:
Dictionary indices:
| 78e8 | – | Unicode |
| 43-65 | – | JIS X 0208 |
| 3-3-13 | – | SKIP |
| 3q13.3 | – | TKD |
| 0026.1 | – | Four Corner |
| 577 | – | De Roo |
| 5393 | – | Classic Nelson |
| 4045 | – | The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson |
| 3181 | – | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 2033 | – | Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 594 | – | Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig |
| 1376 | – | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken) |
| 2596 | – | Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill |
| 1985 | – | Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill |
| 24449P | – | Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 8 p. 399 |
| 1831 | – | A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall |
| 1531 | – | Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky |
| 768 | – | Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki |
| 1840 | – | Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask |
| 1731 | – | Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono |
| 1410 | – | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 601 | – | Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig |