Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1485 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 17

Meaning: grate, rub, scratch, scrape, chafe, scour

Kunyomi: す.る す.れる -ず.れ こす.る こす.れる

Onyomi: サツ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: hand

Examples

Onyomi Examples

弦楽器 サツゲンガッキ bowed stringed instrument

サツモン brush-mark pattern (scraped into the surface of earthenware with wood)

トサツ rubbing an ointment into the skin

冷水摩 レイスイマサツ rubdown with a wet towel, cold-water rubbing

Kunyomi Examples

する to rub, to chafe, to strike (match), to file, to frost (glass), to lose (e.g. a match), to forfeit, to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)

れる すれる to rub, to chafe, to wear out, to become worn, to lose one's innocence, to become sly

こする to rub, to scrub, to scrape

れる こすれる to be rubbed