Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high
JLPT level: N2
1608 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 16
Meaning: grind, polish, scour, improve, brush (teeth)
Kunyomi: みが.く す.る
Onyomi: マ
Composition: 麻 石
Radical: 石
Reading: いし
Meaning: stone
Strokes: 5
達磨（だるま） daruma, daruma doll
研磨する（けんまする） grind, polish, study
磨く（みがく） polish, shine, refine, improve
靴磨き（くつみがき） shoe polishing
摩耗 （マモウ） wear, abrasion
磨羯宮 （マカツキュウ） Capricorn (10th zodiacal sign), the Goat
琢磨 （タクマ） polish (jewels), cultivation
達磨 （ダルマ） 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, Bodhidharma, prostitute
磨く （みがく） to polish, to shine, to burnish, to scour, to scrub, to brush (teeth), to grind (e.g. a lens), to refine (a skill, etc.), to improve, to hone, to polish (up), to cultivate (one's character)
擦る （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.)
Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high
JLPT level: N2
1608 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 16
Meaning: grind, polish, scour, improve, brush (teeth)
Kunyomi: みが.く す.る
Onyomi: マ
Composition: 麻 石
Radical: 石
Reading: いし
Meaning: stone
Strokes: 5
達磨（だるま） daruma, daruma doll
研磨する（けんまする） grind, polish, study
磨く（みがく） polish, shine, refine, improve
靴磨き（くつみがき） shoe polishing
摩耗 （マモウ） wear, abrasion
磨羯宮 （マカツキュウ） Capricorn (10th zodiacal sign), the Goat
琢磨 （タクマ） polish (jewels), cultivation
達磨 （ダルマ） 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, Bodhidharma, prostitute
磨く （みがく） to polish, to shine, to burnish, to scour, to scrub, to brush (teeth), to grind (e.g. a lens), to refine (a skill, etc.), to improve, to hone, to polish (up), to cultivate (one's character)
擦る （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.)