削 whittle down

肖 (carrot) + 刀 (sword)

Onyomi

SAKU	Always wear underpants while using a weed-whacker otherwise you might accidentally trip and whittle down your SAC.

Mnemonic

Use the sword to whittle down the carrot.

Kunyomi

けず*る	whittle down, or shave off 1/2 KANA ★★★☆☆

Jukugo

削除(さくじょ) する

delete ★★★☆☆ 削 (whittle down) + 除 (exclude) = 削除 (delete) delete (as in, delete a file, but also to eliminate or censor something)

Lookalikes

	Meaning	Hint	Radical
消	erase	WATER	水
削	whittle down	SWORD	刀

You erase cum-stains with soapy WATER,

but you whittle wood with a SWORD.

	Meaning	Hint	Radical
咳	cough	MOUTH	口
核	nucleus	TREE	木
刻	engrave	SWORD	刀
該	correspond to	SAY	言
削	whittle down	CARROT	肖

You cough with your MOUTH.

The seed is the nucleus of a TREE,

but you carve with a SWORD.

My words correspond to what I SAY.

You whittle a what?? a CARROT,dummy.

Synonyms

delete 消去する    削除する    除く    取り除く    除去    解除    省く