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切

切 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

形声。「刀」+音符「七 （一説に「切」の原字）」。「きる」を意味する漢語｛切｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

cut, cutoff, be sharp

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • セツElem.
  • サイJHS
Kun (native)
  • き(る)Elem.
  • 〜き(る)Elem.
  • き(り)
  • 〜き(り)
  • 〜ぎ(り)
  • き(れる)Elem.
  • 〜き(れる)Elem.
  • き(れ)
  • 〜き(れ)
  • 〜ぎ(れ)
Nanori (used in names)
  • きつ
  • きり
  • ぎり
Other languages
  • 拼音qie1
  • 拼音qie4
  • 한글jeol
  • 한글che
  • Hán-ViệtThiết
  • Hán-ViệtThế

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
4 strokes
Radical
刀(かたな)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 3
Unicode
U+5207

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰七刀

Words using this kanji

  • 切っ掛けきっかけきっかけを参照。chance, start, cue, excuse
  • 切手きってstamp (postage), merchandise certificate
  • 切り札きりふだきりふだを参照。trump, trump card, ace up one's sleeve, secret weapon
  • 切りきりend, finish, place to stop, bound
  • 切符きっぷ物品の引き換えや入場や鉄道等の乗車といったサービスの提供を受ける際に必要な紙券。チケット。 （比喩的に）出場の権利、資格。 交通違反のときなどに交付される簡単な書類。ticket
  • 切るきるきる 参照。to cut, to cut through, to perform (surgery), to sever (connections, ties)
  • 切らすきらす「きらす」の漢字表記。to run out of, to be short of, to be out of stock, to be out of (e.g. breath)
  • 切り替えきりかえexchange, conversion, replacement, switching (to)
  • 切実せつじつ身に沁みて感じるさま。 極めて適切なさま。earnest, sincere, acute, keen
  • 切り下げきりさげdevaluation (e.g. of currency), markdown, write-down, undercutting
  • 切れ味きれあじ「きれあじ」参照。sharpness, cutting ability, quickness (of wit), incisiveness
  • 切れ目きれめ「きれめ」参照。gap, break, rift, pause
  • 切り口きりくちcut end, section, opening, slit
  • 切り捨てきりすてcutting a person down (without a second thought), sacrificing, throwing to the wolves, treating as sword fodder
  • 切り抜ききりぬきclipping (of newspaper article, etc.), cutting, scrap (for a scrapbook), cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)
  • 切望せつぼう切に望むこと。心から願うこと。 切に望む。earnest desire, eager hope, longing, yearning
  • 切断せつだん物を断ち切ること。 回線などの接続を断つこと。接続が断たれること。 人的な関係や連携を断つこと。それらが断たれること。cutting, severance, section, amputation
  • 切り離すきりはなす「きりはなす」の漢字表記。to cut off (from), to separate, to detach, to sever
  • 切り捨てるきりすてる「きりすてる」の漢字表記。to cut off and throw away, to abandon, to disregard, to discard
  • 切迫せっぱく危機などが差し迫ること。 期限などがおしつまること。 （呼吸や脈などの）速さや間隔などが急になること。pressure, urgency, tension, imminence

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-2-2
Four Corner
4772.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2f2.2
Heisig
89
Nelson
667