抹 — kanji meaning “rub”
抹
rub, paint, erase
- Meanings
- rub, paint, erase
- On'yomi
- マツ (matsu)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2006 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 64
- Chinese reading
- mǒ, mā, mò — Chinese character page
Words with 抹
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抹消 | まっしょう masshou | erasure; striking off; crossing out |
| 抹茶 | まっちゃ matcha | matcha; powdered green tea |
| 抹殺 | まっさつ massatsu | elimination (of a person, group, etc.); killing off; disposal |
| 一抹 | いちまつ ichimatsu | a touch (of sadness, unease, etc.); a tinge (of); a hint (of) |
| 抹香 | まっこう makkou | incense; incense powder |
| 塗抹 | とまつ tomatsu | smear; daub; coating over |
| 丁抹 | デンマーク denmaaku | Denmark |
| 抹香鯨 | まっこうくじら makkoukujira | sperm whale |
| 抹香臭い | まっこうくさい makkoukusai | smelling of incense; overly pious |
| 抹茶塩 | まっちゃじお matchajio | matcha salt; salt mixed with powdered green tea |
| 抹茶色 | まっちゃいろ matchairo | soft yellow-green; subdued pea green; tea green |
| 小抹香 | こまっこう komakkou | pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.