Refers to the act of shaving facial hair or to a shaving tool (razor). Context distinguishes the meaning.
Shaving in the morning is a daily routine.
I bought a new shaver.
Standard kanji spelling.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, common in everyday writing.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling, also seen.
Compound of 髭 (hige, 'facial hair') and 剃り (sori, 'shaving'), the nominalized form of 剃る (soru, 'to shave').