切 : Cut

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Components:

七刀

cut, cutoff, be sharp

On 'yomi:

セツ(setsu) サイ(sai)

Kun 'yomi:

き.る(ki.ru) -き.る(ki.ru) き.り(ki.ri) -き.り(ki.ri) -ぎ.り(gi.ri) き.れる(ki.reru) -き.れる(ki.reru) き.れ(ki.re) -き.れ(ki.re) -ぎ.れ(gi.re)

Nanori:

きつ(kitsu) きり(kiri) ぎり(giri)

Strokes:	4
Radical:	刂 (18)
Usage Rating:	324

JLPT:	N4
old JLPT:	3
Grade:	2

Unicode:	05207
jis208:	32-58

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切 Usage examples

滅多切り(めったぎり) メッタ切り(めったぎり) めった切り(めったぎり)	hacking to pieces
角切り(かくぎり)	cut into cubes
風切り羽(かざきりばね) 風切羽(かざきりばね)	flight feathers
間切る(まぎる)	to plow through (a wave) (plough), to tack (against the wind)
見切る(みきる)	to sell at a loss, to sell off
切り合う(きりあう)	to fight with swords, to cross swords
切り返す(きりかえす) 切返す(きりかえす)	to perform a twisting backward knee trip, to counterattack, to retort
切り苛む(きりさいなむ)	to cut to pieces, to torment
詰め切る(つめきる) 詰切る(つめきる)	to be or remain always on hand
売り切る(うりきる) 売切る(うりきる)	to sell out, to sell off
成り切る(なりきる)	to turn completely into, to become completely
疲れ切る(つかれきる)	to be exhausted, to be tired out
出し切る(だしきる)	to use up
逃げ切る(にげきる)	to get away, to manage to hold on
息急き切る(いきせききる) 息せき切る(いきせききる)	to pant, to gasp
貸し切る(かしきる)	to reserve, to charter
掻き切る(かききる) かき切る(かききる)	to cut, to slit
立て切る(たてきる)	to close tight
食い切る(くいきる) 食切る(くいきる)	to eat up, to consume entirely
板切れ(いたきれ)	scrap lumber, piece of wood
縁を切る(えんをきる)	to get a divorce, to sever connections
角に切る(かくにきる)	to cut into squares (cubes)
切手集め(きってあつめ)	stamp collecting
切手を溜める(きってをためる)	to collect stamps
切符を改める(きっぷをあらためる)	to examine tickets
切符を切る(きっぷをきる)	to rip off a coupon, to punch a ticket
切りかかる(きりかかる) 切り掛かる(きりかかる) 切掛かる(きりかかる) 切り掛る(きりかかる) 切掛る(きりかかる)	to assault with a sword, to stab at, to slash at
切妻(きりずま) 切り妻(きりずま)	gabled roof, building with a gabled roof, gabled roof construction
切れが悪い(きれがわるい)	thick, dull (blunt), viscous
切れの帽子(きれのぼうし)	cloth hat
句を切る(くをきる)	to punctuate a sentence
高野切れ(こうやぎれ)	fragments from the old literary work kept at Koyasan
締め切り日(しめきりび) 締切日(しめきりび) 〆切日(しめきりび) 乄切日(しめきりび)	time limit, closing day, deadline
使用済み切手(しようずみきって)	used stamps
澄み切った(すみきった)	perfectly clear
切に勧める(せつにすすめる)	to urge strongly
切入(せつにゅう)	OFF-ON (marking on switches)
共切れ(ともぎれ)	same cloth, spare cloth (e.g. for patching)