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Kanji Detail for 刈 - "to mow, to harvest, to reap"

刈

  • Meaning

    刈 means "to mow, to harvest, to reap."

    1. To reap - To cut grass; to harvest by cutting.

    2. Sickle - A blade for cutting grass.

  • Words using 刈

    • 丸刈り まるがり Listen buzz cut; close crop
    • 刈り込む かりこむ Listen to prune; to trim; to cut back
    • 草刈り くさかり Listen mowing; mower

  • Tattoo check: 刈

    • Verified meaning: to mow, to harvest, to reap
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かり)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 刈

    Surnames 刈(かり)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    reap; cut; clip; trim; prune

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    cut off, reap, mow; sickle

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    mow

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to cut off, to reap, to mow; sickle

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To mow grass.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    gai(ガイ) ガイ

    kai(カイ) カイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ka.ru(か-る) か-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    4 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    刀 刂 (katana・ritto)

  • Related Keywords

    to mow to harvest to reap sickle scythe cut crop trim prune grain rice wheat grass hay field blade gather shears

Sentences including 刈

  • She had her hair cut short.

  • You should go and have your hair cut.

  • You'd better have your hair cut at once.

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