切

切 — cut, cutoff, be sharp

JLPT: JLPT N4
Strokes: 4
Taught in: School year 2
Frequency: #324 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: せつ setsu

さい 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

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 切

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