磨 — kanji meaning “grind”
磨
grind, polish, scour, improve, brush (teeth)
- Meanings
- grind, polish, scour, improve, brush (teeth)
- On'yomi
- マ (ma)
- Kun'yomi
- みが.く、す.る
- Name readings
- おさむ
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1608 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 112
- Chinese reading
- mó, mò — Chinese character page
Words with 磨
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 歯磨き | はみがき hamigaki | dental brushing; brushing one's teeth |
| 磨き | みがき migaki | polish; burnishing |
| 研磨 | けんま kenma | grinding; polishing |
| 琢磨 | たくま takuma | polish (jewels); cultivation |
| 達磨 | だるま daruma | daruma; tumbling doll; round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted |
| 切磋琢磨 | せっさたくま sessatakuma | diligent application (to work or study); cultivating one's character by studying hard |
| 磨く | みがく migaku | to polish; to shine; to burnish |
| 百戦錬磨 | ひゃくせんれんま hyakusenrenma | veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles |
| 歯磨き粉 | はみがきこ hamigakiko | tooth powder; toothpaste |
| 播磨 | はりま harima | Harima (former province located in the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture) |
| 練磨 | れんま renma | training; practice; drilling |
| 磨崖仏 | まがいぶつ magaibutsu | Buddha figure carved on a rock face |
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