Japanese symbol for “cull”
間引く
まびく
Romaji: mabiku
to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull
In Japanese, cull is 間引く, read まびく (mabiku).
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Meanings
- v5k, vt to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull
- v5k, vt to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to reduce
- v5k, vt to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 時間 | じかん jikan | time |
| 人間 | にんげん ningen | human being; human; person |
| 期間 | きかん kikan | period; term; interval |
| 年間 | ねんかん nenkan | (period of) a year |
| 仲間 | なかま nakama | companion; fellow; friend |
| 間違い | まちがい machigai | mistake; error; blunder |
| 取引 | とりひき torihiki | transactions; dealings; business |
| 引退 | いんたい intai | retirement |
See also: Chinese symbol for “cull”.
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.