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Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1738 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 4

Meaning: reap, cut, clip, trim, prune

Kunyomi: か.る

Onyomi: ガイ, カイ

Composition: 乂 刂

刈

Radical

Radical: 刀

Meaning: knife, sword

Reading: かたな

Frequency: 377

Alternative forms:

刂(alt radical position tsukuri)

刀

Examples

Onyomi Examples

刈除 (ガイジョ) removal, cut off, mowing

刈除 (ガイジョ) removal, cut off, mowing

Kunyomi Examples

刈る (かる) to cut (grass, hair, etc.), to mow, to clip, to trim, to prune, to shear, to reap, to harvest

刈萱 (かるかや) Themeda triandra var. japonica (variety of kangaroo grass), Cymbopogon tortilis var. goeringii (variety of grass closely related to lemongrass), thatching grass, thatching sedge

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