EntryJLPT N1
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb

    to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly

    Usually written using kana alone

    こうじはついていた。交通事故でたった車のサイドをちょっとかすっただけだった。
    Kouji was lucky; his traffic accident left only a minor scratch on the side of his car.
  2. to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze

    Usually written using kana alone

Also written 擦る【かする】

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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