Kanji

削

Meaning

  • plane
  • sharpen
  • whittle
  • pare

Onyomi

  • saku (サク)

Kunyomi

  • kezuru (けずる)
  • hatsuru (はつる)
  • sogu (そぐ)

Examples

削ぐ
to shave off, reduce
sogu
削ぎ落とす
to strip away, to remove excess
sogiotosu