剃る
そる · soru · JLPT N2 · verb-godan
to shave
🪒 剃 contains the 刀 knife radical: shaving is cutting hair away with a blade
Pronounced soru, it is the verb for shaving the face, head, or legs with a razor. Use 剃る for a blade removing hair; 刈る is for trimming with scissors.
剃 — knife radical 刂 + younger brother 弟 (phonetic)
剃 is a semantic-phonetic compound: the knife radical 刂 supplies the meaning 'to cut/shave', while 弟 (dì) provides the sound, shifted to tì. Originally written 鬀 with 髟 (long hair) over 弟, it specifically meant shaving hair, especially the head.