also: きりかみ
noun
kirigami; paper cutting art; cut paper
Refers both to the Japanese art of cutting paper into decorative shapes (often contrasted with origami) and to the resulting cut paper or scraps. The reading きりがみ is standard for the art form.
子どもと一緒に切り紙を楽しんだ。
I enjoyed kirigami with my child.
机の上に切り紙が散らばっている。
Cut paper scraps are scattered on the desk.
Variant kanji spelling without okurigana; less common but still used.
Origami is the art of folding paper, while kirigami involves cutting paper. Both are traditional Japanese paper crafts.
Compound of 切り (kiri, 'cutting') + 紙 (kami/gami, 'paper'). The reading きりがみ results from rendaku voicing of かみ to がみ.