剔てき

noun

cutting; carving; engraving

Rare standalone noun; mostly encountered in compound words like 剔出 (てきしゅつ, extraction) or in classical texts. Not used in everyday modern Japanese.

• 「剔てき」という漢かん字じは、彫ちょう刻こくや切せつ除じょを意い味みする熟じゅく語ごで見みかけることがある。

  The kanji 剔 is sometimes seen in compounds meaning carving or excision.