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切 — 4 strokes ／ Radical「刀」

道
9Elementary year 2 ／ 4 strokes ／ Radical「刀」
On
セツ・サイせつ・さい · setsu · sai
Kun
き(る)・き(れる)ki(ru) · ki(reru)
Meaning
to cut

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Cutting with a knife (刀); 七 gives the sound — to cut.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onセツせつsetsu切断せつだん親切しんせつ切にせつに
Onサイさいsai一切いっさい
Kunきるkiru切るきる

Compare: 斬る

Kunきれるkireru切れるきれる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 切手きって

    stamp

  • 大切たいせつ

    important

More words with this kanji

  • 切り株きりかぶ
  • 切磋琢磨せっさたくま
  • 切瑳せっさ
  • 剴切がいせつ
  • 適切てきせつ
  • 懇切こんせつ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

かみを 切(き)ります。

I cut the paper.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 刀Map of reading セツAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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