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刈

reap
Stroke count: 4

Readings

On readingガイ、カイ
Kun readingか.る
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. reapRtK
    彼が髪を刈ってもらうのに３，０００円かかった。It cost him 3,000 yen to get a haircut.tatoeba
    彼は小型トラックとよれよれの大きな芝刈り機をもっていた。He had an old pickup truck and a big, battered mower.tatoeba
  2. cut
    彼は髪の毛を短く刈ってもらった。He had his hair cut short.tatoeba
  3. clip
  4. trim
  5. prune
  1. to cut (grass, hair, etc.)
  2. to mow
  3. to clip
  4. to trim
  5. to prune

Popular Usage

刈る

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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sheaf · sword (刀) · sabre (刀) · saber (刀)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1600

Compound words

刈るかる
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune
稲刈りいねかり
rice reaping; rice harvesting
丸刈りまるがり
buzz cut; close crop
草刈りくさかり
mowing; mower
刈り込むかりこむ
to prune; to trim; to cut back; to clip; to reap (a crop) and put into storage
刈り取るかりとる
to mow; to reap; to harvest
刈り入れかりいれ
harvest
稲刈いねかり
rice reaping
刈萱かるかや
Themeda triandra var. japonica (variety of kangaroo grass)
刈除がいじょ
removal
刈田かりた
harvested rice field
刈穂かりほ
harvested grain
虎刈とらがり
unevenly cropped (hair)
下刈りしたがり
weeding
刈り株かりかぶ
stubble
刈り根かりね
stubble
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
刈込むかりこむ
to prune
虎刈りとらがり
unevenly cropped (hair)
柴刈りしばかり
firewood gathering
裾刈りすそがり
trimming hair
刈りこむかりこむ
to prune

Additional Examples

彼が私の芝を刈り始めた時の金額のざっと４倍を請求してくるであろう。
He's charging me roughly four times as much as he charged when he started cutting my lawn.tatoeba

Stroke Order

4 strokes

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