# 削 whittle down

肖 (carrot) + 刀 (sword)
★★☆☆☆
9 strokes
ILL PAIR

## Onyomi

SAKU | Always wear underpants while using a weed-whacker otherwise you might accidentally trip and whittle down your SAC.

## Mnemonic

| Use the sword to whittle down the carrot.

## Kunyomi

けず*る | whittle down, or shave off 1/2 KANA ★★★☆☆

## Jukugo

削除(さくじょ) する | delete ★★★☆☆ 削 (whittle down) + 除 (exclude) = 削除 (delete) delete (as in, delete a file, but also to eliminate or censor something)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
消 | erase | WATER | 水
削 | whittle down | SWORD | 刀

You erase cum-stains with soapy WATER,

but you whittle wood with a SWORD.

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
咳 | cough | MOUTH | 口
核 | nucleus | TREE | 木
刻 | engrave | SWORD | 刀
該 | correspond to | SAY | 言
削 | whittle down | CARROT | 肖

You cough with your MOUTH.

The seed is the nucleus of a TREE,

but you carve with a SWORD.

My words correspond to what I SAY.

You whittle a what?? a CARROT,dummy.

## Synonyms

delete 消去する 削除する 除く 取り除く 除去 解除 省く