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Readings

Kana: ゲツ、ケツ、かじ.る、か.む

Romaji: getsu, ketsu, kaji.ru, ka.mu

Kana

Romaji

Meaning

gnaw

Stroke Diagram

Kanji Info

Stroke Count: 24

Radical Number: 30

Frequency:

Grade:

Skip Pattern: 1-3-21

Korean Reading: nyeol

Chinese Reading: nie4

Unicode: 56d3

JIS: 5377

Indexes

New Nelson Index: 934

Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2a19.4

Four Corner Index: 6707.1

Daikanwanjiten Index: 4659

Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 2.1190

Words

齧る (かじる)

to chew; to bite (at); to gnaw; to nibble; to munch; to crunch; to have a smattering of; to dabble in (e.g. hobby, instrument)

親のすねをかじる (おやのすねをかじる)

to depend on one's parents' (financial) support; to nibble at one's parents shins

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