削 means plane
sharpen, whittle, pare, shave
A knife making small: plane.
On'yomi
- サクsaku
Kun'yomi
- けず(る)kezuru
- はつ(る)hatsuru
- そ(ぐ)sogu
How it's built
- 肖
- 刂knife
Common words
- 添削てんさくcorrection; looking over
- 削減さくげんcut; reduction
- 削除さくじょdeletion; elimination
- 削るけずるto shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil)