shearing; cutting hair or wool
Refers to the act of cutting hair or wool, especially of animals like sheep. Can also be used for cutting human hair in a rough or agricultural context.
Sheep shearing is done in spring.
Prepare the shearing tools.
Standard kanji spelling.
Abbreviated kanji form; less common.
Compound of 毛 (ke, 'hair, fur, wool') and 刈り (kari, 'cutting, mowing', the noun form of 刈る).