Kanji 切: "cut, cutoff, be sharp"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 切

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 切きるto cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery) · to sever (connections, ties)
• 大たい切せつimportant; significant; serious; crucial · precious; valuable; dear; cherished
• 切きりend; finish; place to stop · bound; limit; end
• 一いっ切さいall; everything; entirety; the whole · absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; without exception
• 切きれるto break; to snap; to be cut; to split · to be injured
• 裏うら切ぎるto betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to go back on · to disappoint; to let down
• 切きっ掛かけchance; start; cue; excuse
• 思おもい切きるto give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of · to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide
• 大たい切せつにするto cherish; to treasure; to prize; to set a high value on · to take good care of; to look after
• 言いい切きるto declare; to assert; to state definitively · to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all; to finish one's sentence
• っ切きりonly; just · (ever) since; after
• 途と切ぎれるto break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short

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