Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
广
Variants:
chafe, rub, polish, grind, scrape
Kun:
ま.するさす.るす.る
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1252 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 摩擦 【マサツ】 friction, rubbing, chafing, discord, friction, strife, conflict
  • 摩天楼 【マテンロウ】 skyscraper
  • 研磨 【ケンマ】 grinding, polishing, refining (a skill, knowledge, etc.), applying oneself (to study), disciplining oneself
  • あん摩 【アンマ】 massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage), masseur, masseuse, massager, blind person

Kun reading compounds

  • 摩する 【まする】 to rub, to scrub, to scrape, to draw near, to press
  • 摩る 【さする】 to rub, to pat, to stroke, to massage
  • 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.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mo2, ma1
Korean:
ma

Spanish

  • roce
  • fricción
  • caricia

Portuguese

  • escoriação
  • raspar
  • polir
  • alcance
  • arranhão

French

  • irriter
  • gratter
  • caresser
  • frictionner
  • polir
  • moudre
1830 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1074 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5392 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1783 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1380 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2428 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1530 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1631 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1415 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
852 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3938 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2030 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2740 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
646 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12613P Morohashi
3175 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2264 New Nelson (John Haig)
639 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
689 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1768 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
547 2001 Kanji
3q12.6 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-12 SKIP code
3-11-4 SKIP code
0025.2 Four corner code
1-43-64 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6469 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
plow
Parts:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 摩耗 【マモウ】 wear, abrasion
  • 衰耗 【スイモウ】 weaken and decline
  • 減耗 【ゲンモウ】 natural decrease
  • 損耗 【ソンモウ】 wear, loss

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hao4
Korean:
mo

Spanish

  • disminuir
  • decrecer
  • gastarse

Portuguese

  • decréscimo

French

  • décroître
1853 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1880 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3694 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1720 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1662 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1197 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1260 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1783 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1581 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1660 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
881 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1199 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1933 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28909P Morohashi
1309 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4709 New Nelson (John Haig)
1914 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2063 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1383 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1456 2001 Kanji
0a10.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-4 SKIP code
5291.4 Four corner code
1-44-55 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8017 Unicode hex code