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裁 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「衣」

道
5Elementary year 6 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「衣」
On
サイさい · sai
Kun
た(つ)・さば(く)ta(tsu) · saba(ku)
Meaning
to cut out (cloth); judge

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

衣 "cloth" with a form for cutting; cutting cloth to shape — "to cut out," and "to judge" a case.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onサイさいsai裁縫さいほう裁判さいばん体裁ていさい
Kunたつtatsu裁つたつ裁ち物たちもの

Compare: 断つ・絶つ

Kunさばくsabaku裁くさばく裁きさばき

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 裁判さいばん

    trial; judgement

  • 洋裁ようさい

    dressmaking

More words with this kanji

  • 裁縫さいほう
  • 弾劾裁判だんがいさいばん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

布(ぬの)を裁(た)って服(ふく)を作(つく)った。

I cut the cloth and made clothes.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

裁判洋裁裁判to jud…洋ocean装to dre…裏back衣clothi…表surfac…衷inmost…済to fin…叉fork才talent切to cut西west
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 衣Map of reading サイAll maps

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

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