刈
刈 — Reap
reap, cut, clip, trim, prune
On’yomiガイ (gai)
On’yomiカイ (kai)
Kun’yomiかる (karu)
Stroke order (4 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 刈
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丸刈り | まるがり marugari | buzz cut; close crop |
| 刈り込む | かりこむ karikomu | to prune; to trim; to cut back |
| 刈る | かる karu | to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip |
| 草刈り | くさかり kusakari | mowing; mower |
| 稲刈り | いねかり inekari | rice reaping; rice harvesting |
| 刈り取る | かりとる karitoru | to mow; to reap; to harvest |
Study notes
刈 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 4 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1738 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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