剃 – shave

9 strokes#2411 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 剃 means shave. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is テイ (tei); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is まい、そ.る、す.る (mai, soru, suru). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 刀 (no. 18).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	テイ	tei
Kun’yomi	まい	mai
Kun’yomi	そ.る	soru
Kun’yomi	す.る	suru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 刀 (Kangxi radical 18). Components: ｜・ノ・刈・弓・并.

Words using 剃

剃刀かみそりrazor剃るそるto shave

Example sentences

お父さんがバスルームでひげを剃っている。

Dad is shaving in the bathroom.

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Kanji with the same radical

分前制初判利別割切副券劇創則削刊

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