切

cut, cutoff, be sharp

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

サイセツ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

-き.り-き.る-き.れ-き.れる-ぎ.り-ぎ.れき.りき.るき.れき.れる

Nanori (名乗り)

きつきりぎり

Stroke Order

4 / 4

Information

Grade:2

Strokes:4

JLPT:N4

Frequency:324

Vocabulary

サイ

Word	Reading	Meaning
合切	ガッサイ	all altogether

セツ

Word	Reading	Meaning
親切	シンセツ	kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
切実	セツジツ	earnest; sincere; acute; keen; fervent; pressing; urgent; serious; severe; pertinent; appropriate
切断	セツダン	cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
切望	セツボウ	earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering
大切	タイセツ	important; significant; serious; crucial; precious; valuable; dear; cherished; beloved; careful

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
一切	いっさい	all; everything; entirety; the whole; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; without exception
押し切る	おしきる	to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
横切る	よこぎる	to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
割り切る	わりきる	to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to reason out; to conclude; to be pragmatic; to be practical; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly
丸っ切り	まるっきり	completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

ten thousand, 10,000

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genius, years old, cubic shaku

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door, counter for houses, door radical (no. 63)

part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100

Grade 2JLPT N/A

unlucky, misfortune, bad luck, disaster

stealth, steal, secret, private, hushed

encourage, be diligent, inspire