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擦 — kanji meaning “grate”

grate, rub, scratch, scrape, chafe, scour

Meanings
grate, rub, scratch, scrape, chafe, scour
On'yomi
Kun'yomi
Strokes
17
School grade
8
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Newspaper frequency
#1485 of 2,500
Classical radical
64
Chinese reading
cā — Chinese character page

Words with 擦

WordReadingMeaning
まさつ masatsufriction
する suruto rub; to chafe; to strike (match)
すりきず surikizuscratch; graze; scrape
こする kosuruto rub; to scrub; to scrape
こすり kosurirubbing; scrubbing; scraping
すれ surechafing; sore; scrape
なする nasuruto rub in; to smear on; to spread on
すれる sureruto rub; to chafe
こすれる kosureruto be rubbed
すりよる suriyoruto draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to
さっかしょう sakkashouabrasion; scratch; graze
まさつおん masatsuonfricative; fricative consonant

Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.