刈 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

reap, cut, clip, trim, prune

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ガイ
  • カイ
Kun (native)
  • か(る)JHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • かっ
  • かり
Other languages
  • 拼音yi4
  • 한글ye
  • Hán-ViệtNgải

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 1
Unicode
U+5208

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰乂刂

Words using this kanji

  • 刈るかるかる 参照to cut (grass, hair, etc.), to mow, to clip, to trim
  • 刈り込むかりこむto prune, to trim, to cut back, to clip
  • 刈り取るかりとる「かりとる」を参照。to mow, to reap, to harvest
  • 刈り入れかりいれ「かりいれ」の漢字表記。harvest
  • 刈り取りかりとり「かりとり」を参照。harvesting, reaping
  • かりcut, clip, shear, reap
  • 刈除がいじょ除くこと。removal, cut off, mowing
  • 刈萱かるかやThemeda triandra var. japonica (variety of kangaroo grass), Cymbopogon tortilis var. goeringii (variety of grass closely related to lemongrass), thatching grass, thatching sedge
  • 刈り株かりかぶstubble
  • 刈り根かりねstubble
  • 刈り手かりてmower, reaper
  • 刈り跡かりあとcut-over land
  • 刈り田かりたharvested rice field
  • 刈り穂かりほharvested grain, harvested rice ears
  • 刈払機かりはらいき草や小径木を刈り払う機械。string trimmer, line trimmer, weed whacker, strimmer
  • 刈払いかりはらいweeding (prior to tree-planting)
  • 刈り干すかりほすto cut and dry (in the sun)
  • 刈り込みかりこみhaircut, pruning
  • 刈り葺くかりふくto thatch (a roof)
  • 刈りたてかりたてnew-mown (grass), newly cut (hair), newly shorn (wool)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-2-2
Four Corner
4200.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2f2.1
Heisig
1600
Nelson
666