Share this link via
Or copy link
Kanji Detail for 抹 - "erase, rub, powder"
抹
- Meaning
抹 means "erase, rub, powder."
Erase - To remove; to wipe out.
Rub - To apply by rubbing.
Powder - Ground fine particles.
Green tea - Powdered tea (as in matcha).
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
rub; paint; erase
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
smear, apply, wipe off, erase
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to wipe
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to apply; to erase, to smear, to wipe off
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To smear. Messy is 塗; long strokes is 抹. Such as 東塗西抹. | To wipe. Colloquially, wiping away is 抹. Also 抹殺, meaning to obliterate. Such as 一筆抹殺.
- Onyomi
- Kunyomi
none
- Strokes
- Radical
- Related Keywords