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切

cut
Stroke count: 4

Readings

On readingセツ、サイ
Kun readingき.る、-き.る、き.り、-き.り、-ぎ.り、き.れる、-き.れる、き.れ、-き.れ、-ぎ.れ
JōyōGrade 2

Popular Usage

切手切符切る大切親切切れ裏切る切れる締切区切る売り切れ締め切る

Radicals and components

Radical刀knifeComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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seven (七) · diced (七) · sword (刀) · dagger (刀)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 89

Compound words

切るきる
to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery); to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light)
切手きって
stamp (postage); merchandise certificate
切符きっぷ
ticket
大切たいせつ
important; significant; serious; crucial; precious
親切しんせつ
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly
切れきれ
piece; slice; strip; scrap; cloth
切れるきれる
to break; to snap; to be cut; to split; to crack
裏切るうらぎる
to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to go back on; to be unfaithful (to)
区切るくぎる
to divide; to separate; to partition; to demarcate; to delimit
売り切れうりきれ
sold-out
締め切るしめきる
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
売り切れるうりきれる
to be sold out
一切いっさい
all; everything; entirety; the whole; absolutely (not)
切りきり
end; finish; place to stop; bound; limit
区切りくぎり
pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation; break; end; (place to) stop
切れ目きれめ
gap; break; rift; pause; interval
打ち切るうちきる
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
切り替えるきりかえる
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
懇切こんせつ
kind and careful (instruction, explanation, etc.); considerate; helpful; thoughtful; detailed
切実せつじつ
earnest; sincere; acute; keen; fervent
切断せつだん
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
切迫せっぱく
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
切腹せっぷく
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
切望せつぼう
earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering

Stroke Order

4 strokes

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