漉く

Cognate with 鋤く (suku, “to hoe”), from the sense of scooping material through a liquid,^[1] and with 透く (suku, “to be seen through; to have cracks through”), from the sense of going through, as the liquid goes through the pulp in the straining phase.^[2]

Probably also cognate with 掬う (sukuu, “to scoop up”), 救う (sukuu, “to rescue”).

• (Tokyo) すく [sùkú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [sɨkɯ̟]

漉(す)く • (suku) transitive godan (stem 漉(す)き (suki), past 漉(す)いた (suita))

1. to make thin sheets of something by spreading out pulp and drying:
   1. to make paper

      和紙(わし)を漉(す)く

      washi o suku

      to make Japanese paper

   2. to make nori (thin sheets of dried seaweed, used to make sushi)