切 Kanji – cut
The Japanese kanji 切 can mean cut, cutoff, be sharp.
Meaning and Readings
How is 切 read?
切 has the onyomi readings セツ, サイ and the kunyomi readings きる, -きる, きり, -きり, -ぎり, きれる, -きれる, きれ, -きれ, -ぎれ.
In romaji, these readings can be written as setsu, sai, kiru, kiri, giri, kireru, kire, gire.
Common Japanese Words Using 切
These common Japanese words contain 切. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 切支丹（キリシタン） — Christianity (in feudal Japan), Christian
- 一切（いっさい） — all, everything, entirety, the whole
- 押し切る（おしきる） — to overcome (opposition), to push past, to force one's way
- 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
- 区切り（くぎり） — pause (in speech, writing, etc.), punctuation
- 見切り（みきり） — abandonment, giving up, forsaking
- 言い切る（いいきる） — to declare, to assert, to state definitively
- 懇切（こんせつ） — kind and careful (instruction, explanation, etc.), considerate, helpful, thoughtful, detailed, scrupulous
- 仕切り（しきり） — partition, division, boundary, compartment