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Kanji Detail for 抹 - "erase, rub"

抹

  • Meaning

    抹 means "erase, rub." Also associated with powder.

    1. Erase - To remove; to wipe out.

    2. Rub - To apply by rubbing.

    3. Powder - Ground fine particles.

    4. Green tea - Powdered tea (as in matcha).

  • Words using 抹

    • 抹消 まっしょう Listen erasure; striking off; crossing out

  • Tattoo check: 抹

    • Verified meaning: erase, rub
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: powder

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • 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

    tip

    matsu(マツ) マツ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    手 扌 (te・tehen)

  • Related Keywords

    erase rub powder green tea grind wipe apply blot clean delete efface eliminate eradicate expunge obliterate remove smear spread

Sentences including 抹

  • A hint of anxiety crosses my mind.

  • She had a vague feeling of guilt.

  • Man's but a bubble.

  • Charlie decided to cross out the last word.

  • He crossed off her old telephone number.

  • Why is the politician trying to kill off the opinions of the majority?

  • "Not everything needs to be matcha-flavored." "You are so right. So right."

  • It's so easy to write good example sentences, that even if we accidentally delete a few good sentences in the process of getting rid of a whole lot of bad ones, I think we could drastically improve the quality of this corpus by doing a lot of deleting.

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