Japanese symbol for “filings”

削り粕

けずりかす

Romaji: kezurikasu

shavings; filings

In Japanese, filings is 削り粕, read けずりかす (kezurikasu).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

n shavings; filings

Written forms: 削り粕、削りかす、削り滓. Readings: けずりかす.

Kanji and stroke order

削

plane, sharpen, whittle

on: サク
kun: けず.る、はつ.る、そ.ぐ

9 strokes · JLPT 1

粕

scrap, waste

on: ハク
kun: かす

11 strokes

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
甘粕	あまかす amakasu	thick amazake; thick sweet sake
粕漬け	かすづけ kasuzuke	fish or vegetables pickled in sake lees

See also: Chinese symbol for “filings”.

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.