切
切·cut
- On-yomi
- セツサイ
- Kun-yomi
- き(る)き(れる)
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 切る | きる | to cut |
| 大切 | たいせつ | important, precious |
| 切手 | きって | postage stamp |
| 親切 | しんせつ | kind |
Example sentences
ナイフでパンを切ります。
ナイフでパンをきります。
I cut the bread with a knife.
これは私にとって大切な写真です。
これはわたしにとってたいせつなしゃしんです。
This is a precious photo to me.
切手を三枚ください。
きってをさんまいください。
Three stamps, please.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- 切手 is the doubled きって, not *きりて; and 大切 / 親切 use セツ, not き.
Memory aid
Picture it
Seven (七) meeting a knife (刀) on the right — the blade coming down to cut.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- 親切しんせつkind
- 切符きっぷticket
- 切るきるto cut
- 大切たいせつimportant
- 切手きってpostage stamp
- 思い切るおもいきるto make up one's mind boldly
- 適切てきせつappropriate, proper, suitable (to the situation)
- 裏切るうらぎるto betray, to double-cross
- 切れきれa slice, a piece (counter); a scrap of cloth
- 横切るよこぎるto cross, to go across, to cut across
- 切れるきれる(1) to cut well, to be sharp, (2) to break (off)
- 売り切れるうりきれるto sell out
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