剔

10 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

cutting

Kun'yomi
  • えぐる
    		to gouge ②to greatly perturb ③to get to the bottom of things
  • そる
On'yomi
  • テキ
    		cutting
  • テイ

Main Radical

刀(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

テキ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

cutting
テキ　テイ　えぐ.る (Kentei 1)
easy, ready to, simple
イ　エキ　やす.い (5th, N3)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
not, must not, do not
モチ　ブツ　ボツ (Kentei Pre-1)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ　つつ.む (Kentei 1)
knife, standing sword radical (no. 18)
トウ

Common Words

てき
剔
cutting
てき
剔
じょ
除
removal (in surgery)
てき
剔
しゅつ
出
extraction
てっ
剔
けつ
抉
gouging out ②exposing (a scandal, fraud, etc.)
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References

Unicode hex code 5254
JIS X 0208 1-49-81
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 694
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 494
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 2031
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2f8.2
Four corner code 6220.0