Entry
  1. Ichidan verb, Transitive verb

    to steal; to rob; to snatch; to pocket; to plunder

    Usually written using kana alone

    私は彼のわきをかすめて走った。
    I brushed by him while running.
  2. to deceive; to trick; to cheat

    Usually written using kana alone

  3. to graze (in passing); to skim; to brush against; to touch lightly

    Usually written using kana alone

  4. to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.); to flit (through one's mind, across one's face)

    Usually written using kana alone

  5. to do (something) while no one is looking

    Usually written using kana aloneoften as 目をかすめて

  6. to hint at; to suggest; to insinuate

    Usually written using kana aloneArchaic

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Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

pillage, rob, graze, skim, sweep over, cheat, hint

Kun
かす.めるかす.るかす.れる
On
リャクリョウ
Strokes
11
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Radical
hand

Built from

Used in names as

ぐら

Dictionary and index codes (14)
CodeReference
1-3-8SKIP code
3c8.28The Kanji Dictionary
5009.6Four corner code
63a0Unicode hex code
1-46-11JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1931Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2191New Nelson (John Haig)
498New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
605Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
458Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2247Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
12273Morohashi
lu:e4Pinyin reading
ryag, ryangKorean reading