Kanji

切

cut, cutoff, be sharp

Kanji

Grade

Grade 2

Strokes

4 strokes

Radical

刀部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

セツ, サイ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

きる, -きる, きり, -きり, -ぎり, きれる, -きれる, きれ, -きれ, -ぎれ

Common Readings

サイ, セツ, き…る, き…れる

Example sentences

切る きる
包丁で野菜を切る。

Cut vegetables with a kitchen knife.

髪 かみ
彼女は長い髪を短く切った。

She cut her long hair short.

大切 たいせつ
家族との時間を大切にしています。

I cherish the time I spend with my family.

しまう しまう
大切な約束を忘れてしまった

I (unfortunately) forgot an important promise.

一切 いっさい
彼は健康のために、お酒を一切飲まないことにした。

He decided not to drink any alcohol at all for the sake of his health.

迷い まよい
彼の言葉には一切の迷いが感じられなかった。

Not a hint of hesitation could be felt in his words.

裏切る うらぎる
彼は長年の友人を裏切るようなことはしない。

He would never do something like betraying a long-time friend.

すらも すらも
信頼していた親友にすらも裏切られるとは、思ってもみなかった。

I never even dreamed that I would be betrayed even by my trusted best friend.

切れる きれる
この牛乳は賞味期限が切れている。

This milk has expired.

包丁 ほうちょう
母はよく切れる包丁で野菜を刻んだ。

My mother chopped the vegetables with a sharp kitchen knife.

Example Vocabulary

切る

きる

to cut; to chop; to sever

大切

たいせつ

important; precious; valuable

一切

いっさい

all; everything; (with negative) not at all; absolutely not

裏切る

うらぎる

to betray; to turn against

切れる

きれる

to expire; to run out; to be cut

言い切る

いいきる

to declare; to assert; to state definitively

大切にする

たいせつにする

to cherish, to value, to take care of

途切れる

とぎれる

to be interrupted; to break off; to pause

切り替える

きりかえる

to switch; to change; to refresh

切り裂く

きりさく

to cut up; to tear open; to rip apart

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