磨
磨 — Grind
grind, polish, scour, improve, brush (teeth)
On’yomiマ (ma)
Kun’yomiみがく (migaku)
Kun’yomiする (suru)
Stroke order (16 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 磨
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 磨き | みがき migaki | polish; burnishing; improvement |
| 磨く | みがく migaku | to polish; to shine; to burnish |
| 歯磨き | はみがき hamigaki | dental brushing; brushing one's teeth; dentifrice |
| 琢磨 | たくま takuma | polish (jewels); cultivation |
| 切磋琢磨 | せっさたくま sessatakuma | diligent application (to work or study); cultivating one's character by studying hard; mutual encouragement (to improve) |
| 研磨 | けんま kenma | grinding; polishing; refining (a skill, knowledge, etc.) |
Study notes
磨 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 16 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1608 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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