noun

  1. watermark (in a stamp, banknote, etc.).
  2. openwork (engraving, carving, etc.).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
透かし すかし

Contained Kanji Breakdown

transparent, permeate, filter
トウ とう.る す.く (Early Jr. High, N1)
excel, excellence, beauty
シュウ ひで ひい.でる (Early Jr. High, N1)
two-branch tree radical (no. 115)
カ いね (Kentei Pre-1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
from, possessive particle, whereupon
ノ の すなわ.ち (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
walk, road, (辵 variant, one dot jōyō form)