noun

  1. pencil sharpener.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
鉛筆削り えんぴつけずり
 
 
 
 
 
えんぴつ削り えんぴつけずり
 
 
 
 
 
エンピツ削り エンピツけずり

Contained Kanji Breakdown

lead
エン なまり (Early Jr. High, N1)
gold
キン きむ かね (1st, N5)
whole, entire, all
ゼン すべ.て まった.く (3rd, N3)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)
to divide
a marsh at the foot of the hills, name of a river
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
writing brush, writing, painting brush
ヒツ ふで はじめ (3rd, N2)
bamboo
たけ チク たか (1st, N2)
individual, (個 variant)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
brush, finally, self
イチ イツ ふで (Kentei 1)
pen radical
snout, hand
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)
plane, sharpen, whittle
けず.る サク そ.ぐ (Late Jr. High, N1)
resemblance
ショウ あやか.る (Early High School, N1)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
knife, standing sword radical (no. 18)
トウ