おさむ
マ, みが.く, す.る
grind, polish, scour, improve, brush (teeth)

This kanji has 16 strokes: 11 in the "flax" radical (あさ) and 5 other strokes.

Sample compounds (15) :


  1. とぐ
    to sharpen, to grind, to scour, to hone, to polish, to wash (rice)
  2. れる
    すれる
    (iK) to rub, to chafe, to wear, to become sophisticated
  3. りガラス
    すりガラス
    ground glass

  4. ふま
    permanence, immortality

  5. すりだす
    to polish

  6. まそん
    wear and tear

  7. とぎしる
    water that has been used to wash rice
  8. らす
    すりへらす
    to wear away, to rub down, to abrade

  9. すりつぶす
    to pulverize, to mash, to deface, to lose a fortune

  10. けんま
    (iK) (vs) grinding, polishing, studying

  11. みがきこ
    polishing powder

  12. みがきがみ
    emery paper

  13. まもう
    (iK) (vs) wear, abrasion

  14. だるま
    daruma, tumbling doll, prostitute

  15. はみがき
    dentifrice, toothpaste
Kanji Character : 磨
Kuten Encoding : 4365
SJIS Encoding : 4b61
Unicode Encoding : 78e8
Old Nelson Index : 5393
Radical Number : 200
Classical Radical Number : 112
Frequency Ranking : 1633
Gakken Index : 1376
Grade Level : 8
Halpern Index : 3181
Heisig Index : 594
Henshall Index : 1831
New Nelson Index : 4045
O'Neil Index : 2596
Stroke Count : 16
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 3q13.3
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 3
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 13
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : q
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 3
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 1531
SKIP Code : 3-3-13
De Roo Code : 577
Four Corner Code : 0026.1
Korean reading : ma
Pinyin reading : mo4
Morohashi Index String : 24449P
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 8.0399
Morohashi Index Number : 24449
Morohashi Page : 399
Morohashi Volume : 8
Morohashi entry is Prime : true
Missclassification Codes
  1. PP3-11-5
Dictionary Codes
  1. R577
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