Japanese symbol for “pruning”
間引き
まびき
Romaji: mabiki
thinning out; pruning; culling; curtailing
In Japanese, pruning is 間引き, read まびき (mabiki).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt thinning out; pruning; culling; curtailing; sub-sampling (e.g. video frames, signals)
- n, vs, vt infanticide
Written forms: 間引き、間びき. Readings: まびき.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “pruning”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 剪定 | せんてい sentei | pruning; trimming |
| 枝打ち | えだうち edauchi | pruning; trimming; lopping |
| 刈り込み | かりこみ karikomi | haircut; pruning |
| 枝切り | えだきり edakiri | pruning |
| 剪枝 | せんし senshi | pruning (trees, shrubs, etc.) |
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 |
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.