Small leftover pieces from cutting, carving, or shaving materials like wood, metal, or paper.
机の上に鉛筆の切りくずが散らばっている。
Pencil shavings are scattered on the desk.
大工さんが木の切りくずを掃除した。
The carpenter cleaned up the wood scraps.
Common mixed kanji-kana spelling; the second part is often written in kana.
Full kanji spelling; 屑 is a less common kanji, so the mixed form is more frequent.
Compound of 切り (stem of 切る 'to cut') and くず (屑 'scrap, waste').