Japanese symbol for “planing”
削り
けずり
Romaji: kezuri
shaving; planing; cutting
In Japanese, planing is 削り, read けずり (kezuri).
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, n-pref, n-suf shaving; planing; cutting
- n, n-pref, n-suf shavings; flakes
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “planing”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| プレーニング | プレーニング pureeningu | planing |
| 鉋掛け | かんなかけ kannakake | planing (wood) |
| 平削り | ひらけずり hirakezuri | planing (of a surface); facing; milling |
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 |
See also: Chinese symbol for “planing”.
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.
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