搾 means “squeeze, wring”

しぼる · shiboru

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): しぼる
On'yomi (Chinese reading): サク

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 13 strokes

The story

A hand (扌) pressing on 窄, narrow, with a hole (穴) on top: picture juice forced out through a tight spout. 搾る is to squeeze, like milk from a cow or juice from an orange, 搾りたて is fresh-squeezed, and 搾取 is exploitation.

Used in 搾る (shiboru, to squeeze), 搾りたて (shiboritate, freshly squeezed), and 搾取 (sakushu, exploitation)

搾 means “squeeze, wring”

The story

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