磨 – grind, polish, scour

16 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1608 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 磨 means grind, polish, scour, improve, brush (teeth). Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is マ (ma); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is みが.く、す.る (migaku, suru). It is written with 16 strokes, under radical 石 (no. 112).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	マ	ma
Kun’yomi	みが.く	migaku
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: 石 (Kangxi radical 112). Components: 口・石・木・广・麻.

Words using 磨

磨くみがくto polish歯磨きはみがきdental brushing

Example sentences

弟は銀の食器類を磨いた。

My brother polished the silver.

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学生は読書の技能を磨くべきだ。

Students should develop their reading skills.

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歯磨きをしなさい。

Brush your teeth.

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Kanji with the same radical

確研石破硬砂礎砲砕碁磁碑碗

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