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漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons

刈: reap, cut

Also: clip, trim, prune

JLPT N14 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

刂 carries the meaning · 乂 gives the sound

4 strokes
  • Small seal · Qin
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Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.

One reading, and the words that use it

かるkaru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 刈るかるto cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip
  • 丸刈りまるがりbuzz cut; close crop
  • 草刈りくさかりmowing; mower
  • 刈り込むかりこむto prune; to trim; to cut back
  • 稲刈りいねかりrice reaping; rice harvesting
  • 刈り取るかりとるto mow; to reap; to harvest

Also read ガイ, カイ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Slice through it! This "standing knife" radical is all about precision and force.”
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繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
乂

Also built on 乂

刂

Also built on knife (刂)

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Also read ガイ

13 kanji share this on'yomiAll 13

Also read カイ

33 kanji share this on'yomiAll 33
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yì

Same form: 刈 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
刈 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
刈 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin yì most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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