Japanese symbol for “chipping”
削り
はつり
Romaji: hatsuri
shaving (usu. concrete, paintwork, etc.); chipping
In Japanese, chipping is 削り, read はつり (hatsuri).
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Meanings
- n shaving (usu. concrete, paintwork, etc.); chipping
Written forms: 削り、斫り. Readings: はつり.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “chipping”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| がちんがちん | がちんがちん gachingachin | tick-tock; chipping (sound) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 削減 | さくげん sakugen | cut; reduction; curtailment |
| 削除 | さくじょ sakujo | deletion; elimination; erasure |
| 削る | けずる kezuru | to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to plane |
| 添削 | てんさく tensaku | correction; looking over; touching up |
| 掘削 | くっさく kussaku | digging out; excavation |
| 削り節 | けずりぶし kezuribushi | flaked bonito |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.