Kanji

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: cutting

Kunyomi: えぐ.る そ.る

Onyomi: テキ テイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: knife, sword

Examples

Onyomi Examples

テキ cutting

摘出 テキシュツ picking out, taking out, (surgical) removal, exposure

Kunyomi Examples

抉る えぐる to gouge, to hollow out, to bore, to excavate, to scoop out, to greatly perturb, to cause emotional pain, to get to the bottom of things, to relentlessly bring the truth to light