刈
reap, cut, clip, trim, prune
Readings
On'yomi
- ガイ
- カイ
Kun'yomi
- か.る
Nanori
- かっ
- かり
Meaning
刈 centers on cutting vegetation or similar material: reaping crops, clipping plants, trimming growth, or pruning branches.
Most common words using 刈
20 of 62- 刈かり
cut; clip; shear; reap; trim; prune
- 刈るかるN3
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear; to reap; to harvest
- 草刈りくさかり
mowing; mower
- 丸刈りまるがり
buzz cut; close crop
- 稲刈りいねかり
rice reaping; rice harvesting
- 刈り上げかりあげ
close-cropped hair; harvesting
- 角刈りかくがり
crew cut
- 刈り取るかりとる
to mow; to reap; to harvest
- 刈り込みかりこみ
haircut; pruning
- 草刈機くさかりき
weed cutter; grass cutter; brush cutter
- 刈り取りかりとり
harvesting; reaping
- 刈り田かりた
harvested rice field
- 芝刈りしばかり
lawn mowing
- 刈り込むかりこむ
to prune; to trim; to cut back; to clip
- 刈り入れかりいれ
harvest
- スポーツ刈りスポーツがり
crew cut (haircut)
- モヒカン刈りモヒカンがり
mohawk (hairstyle); mohican
- 下刈りしたがり
weeding
- 二度刈りにどがり
getting two crops a year
- 二番刈りにばんかり
second crop; aftermath
Study
Etymology
刈 combines a crossed shape 㐅 (possibly representing a tool or plant) with the knife radical 刂, suggesting cutting or reaping with a blade. The exact historical origin of the left component is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side 㐅 looks like crossed stalks or a scythe, and the right side 刂 is a knife. Picture a farmer using a blade to reap crops or trim plants.
Reading mnemonic
For ガイ, imagine a guy reaping a field with a scythe: guy -> ガイ, and he cuts the crops down.