KanjiN4Grade 2 · 小24 strokesRadical 刀#324 in newspapers
切 · cut, cutoff
切 is a kanji meaning cut, cutoff, be sharp. It has 4 strokes and is on the JLPT N4 list.
On'yomi · from Chinese
- セツsetsu
- サイsai
Kun'yomi · Japanese
- きるkiru
- -きる-kiru
- きりkiri
- -きり-kiri
- -ぎり-giri
- きれるkireru
- -きれる-kireru
- きれkire
- -きれ-kire
- -ぎれ-gire
Practise the N4 kanji
In 第10巻 JLPT N4, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.
Words that use 切 · 33 in our JLPT lists
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 切手きって | きって | postal (postage) stamps | N5 |
| 切符きっぷ | きっぷ | a ticket | N5 |
| 切るきる | きる | to cut; to hang up (a phone) | N5 |
| 大切たいせつ | たいせつ | important | N5 |
| 親切しんせつ | しんせつ | kindness | N4 |
| 裏切るうらぎる | うらぎる | to betray, to turn traitor | N3 |
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| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 切れきれ | きれ | cloth, piece, cut | N3 |
| 切れるきれる | きれる | to cut well, to be sharp; to break (off) | N3 |
| 横切るよこぎる | よこぎる | to cross (e.g., arms), to traverse | N3 |
| 切りきり | きり | limits, place to leave off | N3 |
| 適切てきせつ | てきせつ | appropriate, adequate, relevance | N3 |
| 売り切れうりきれ | うりきれ | sold-out | N2 |
| 売り切れるうりきれる | うりきれる | to be sold out | N2 |
| 思い切りおもいきり | おもいきり | with all one's strength (heart), resignation, resolution | N2 |
| 区切るくぎる | くぎる | to punctuate, to cut off, to mark off | N2 |
| 締め切りしめきり | しめきり | deadline | N2 |
| 締め切るしめきる | しめきる | to close, cancel | N2 |
| 張り切るはりきる | はりきる | to be in high spirits, to be full of vigor | N2 |
| 踏切ふみきり | ふみきり | railway crossing, level crossing, starting line, scratch, crossover | N2 |
| 小切手こぎって | こぎって | cheque, check | N1 |
| 一切いっさい | いっさい | without exception, the whole | N1 |
| 打ち切るうちきる | うちきる | to stop, to abort, to discontinue, to close | N1 |
| 押し切るおしきる | おしきる | to have one's own way | N1 |
| 噛み切るかみきる | かみきる | to bite off, to gnaw through | N1 |
| 切り替えきりかえ | きりかえ | exchange, conversion, switchover | N1 |
| 切れ目きれめ | きれめ | break, pause, gap | N1 |
| 区切りくぎり | くぎり | an end, a stop, punctuation | N1 |
| 仕切るしきる | しきる | to partition, to divide, to mark off | N1 |
| 切開せっかい | せっかい | opening up, cutting through | N1 |
| 切実せつじつ | せつじつ | compelling, serious, severe, acute | N1 |
| 切ないせつない | せつない | painful, trying, sad | N1 |
| 痛切つうせつ | つうせつ | keen, deep | N1 |
| 持ち切りもちきり | もちきり | hot topic, talk of the town | N1 |
Example sentence
母はケーキを切った。
はははケーキをきった
My mother cut the cake.
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #83075 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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