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Today's Kanji

Today's Kanji -- May 24, 2018

切
  • on reading:
  • セツ   サイ
  • kun reading:
  • きる   きり   きれる   きれ
  • meaning(s):
  • cut, cutoff, be sharp
Stroke Order Diagram Animation
Stroke Order Diagram
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Stroke Order Diagram
Compounds

Compounds

〆切 しめきり closing; cut-off; end; deadline; Closed; No Entrance
哀切 あいせつ pathetic; plaintive
一切 いっさい all; everything; without exception; the whole; entirely; absolutely
一切合切 いっさいがっさい any and every thing; altogether; the whole shooting match; without reserve
押切 おしきり 1. straw cutter; short mane; 2. pressing and cutting
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