Japanese symbol for “grooving”
溝削り
みぞけずり
Romaji: mizokezuri
fluting; grooving
In Japanese, grooving is 溝削り, read みぞけずり (mizokezuri).
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Meanings
- n fluting; grooving (engr)
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海溝 | かいこう kaikou | oceanic trench; deep-sea trench; deep |
| 側溝 | そっこう sokkou | gutter; ditch |
| 盧溝橋 | ろこうきょう rokoukyou | Marco Polo Bridge (China) |
| 地溝 | ちこう chikou | rift valley |
| 大溝 | おおどぶ oodobu | large ditch |
| 溝鼠 | どぶねずみ dobunezumi | brown rat (Rattus norvegicus); common rat; street rat |
| 削減 | さくげん sakugen | cut; reduction; curtailment |
| 削除 | さくじょ sakujo | deletion; elimination; erasure |
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.