This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: セツ、サイ、き.る、-き.る、き.り、-き.り、-ぎ.り、き.れる、-き.れる、き.れ、-き.れ、-ぎ.れ
Romaji: setsu, sai, ki.ru, -ki.ru, ki.ri, -ki.ri, -gi.ri, ki.reru, -ki.reru, ki.re, -ki.re, -gi.re
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Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: きつ、きり、ぎり
Romaji: kitsu, kiri, giri
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Romaji

Meanings

cut, cutoff, be sharp

Stroke Diagram

1234

Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  4
Radical Number:  18
Frequency:  324
Grade:  2
Skip Pattern:  1-2-2
Korean Reading:  che
Chinese Reading:  qie4
Unicode:  5207
JIS:  405A

Indexes

Halpern Index: 27
Nelson Index: 667
New Nelson Index: 453
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2f2.2
Four Corner Index: 4772.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 156
Gakken Index: 204
Japanese Names Index: 51
Daikanwanjiten Index: 1858
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 2.0207
Remembering the kanji Index: 85
Busy People Index: 3.3
Kanji Way Index: 208
Kanji Flashcards Index: 126
Kodansha Compact Index: 179
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 173
Kanji in Context Index: 250
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 15
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 15
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 86
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 89
Essential Kanji Index: 36
Kodansha Kanji Index: 30
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1445
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 99
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 97

Words

(せつ)
eager; earnest; ardent; kind; keen; acute
横切る (よこぎる)
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
仕切る (しきる)
to partition; to divide; to mark off; to itemize; to direct; to take control; to manage; to take responsibility; to settle accounts; to toe the mark
押し切る (おしきる)
to face down the opposition; to overcome resistance; to have one's own way; to press and cut
親切 (しんせつ)
kindness; gentleness
一切 (いっさい)
all; everything; the whole; lock, stock, and barrel; absolutely not (with negative); without exception; entirely not
区切る (くぎる)
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to mark off; to cut off; to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
小切手 (こぎって)
cheque; check
取り仕切る (とりしきる)
to operate a business; to run a business; to manage all by oneself
振り切る (ふりきる)
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely
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