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切

Kanji meanings and readings

切

N4

cut; cutoff; be sharp

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
Radical
刀
Illustration of 一切
N1

いっさい

all; everything; without exception; the whole; entirely; absolutely

Illustration of 仕切る
N1

しきる

to partition; to divide; to mark off; to settle accounts; to toe the mark

Illustration of 出切る
N1

できる

to be out of; to have no more at hand

Illustration of 切ない
N1

せつない

painful; trying; oppressive; suffocating

Illustration of 切り
N1

きり

limits; end; bounds; period; place to leave off; closing sentence; all there is; only; since

Illustration of 切り替える
N1

きりかえる

to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace; to switch over

Illustration of 切る
N5

きる

to cut

Illustration of 切れ
N3

きれ

cloth; piece; cut; chop

Illustration of 切れる
N3

きれる

to cut well; to be sharp; to break (off)

Illustration of 切れ目
N1

きれめ

break; pause; gap; end; rift; interruption; cut; section; notch; incision; end (of a task)

Illustration of 切実
N1

せつじつ

compelling; serious; severe; acute; earnest; pressing; urgent

Illustration of 切手
N5

きって

postage stamp

Illustration of 切符
N5

きっぷ

ticket

Illustration of 切開
N1

せっかい

clearing (land); opening up; cutting through

Illustration of 区切り
N1

くぎり

an end; a stop; punctuation

Illustration of 区切る
N2

くぎる

to punctuate; to cut off; to mark off; to stop; to put an end to

Illustration of 噛み切る
N1

かみきる

to bite off; to gnaw through

Illustration of 売り切れ
N2

うりきれ

sold-out

Illustration of 売り切れる
N2

うりきれる

to be sold out

Illustration of 大切
N5

たいせつ

important

Illustration of 小切手
N1

こぎって

cheque; check

Illustration of 張り切る
N2

はりきる

to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor

Illustration of 打ち切る
N1

うちきる

to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close

Illustration of 持ち切り
N1

もちきり

hot topic; talk of the town

Illustration of 横切る
N3

よこぎる

to cross (e.g. arms); to traverse