also: きりがみ
cut hair; haircut
General term for hair that has been cut, or the act of cutting hair. Can refer to trimmed locks or a haircut.
I had the cut hair cleaned up at the barber.
widow's short hairstyle (Edo–Meiji)
Historical term for a short hairstyle worn by widows from the early modern period through the Meiji era. Not used in modern everyday language.
Cut hair is falling on my shoulders.
In the Edo period, widows often wore their hair in the kirigami style.
Standard kanji spelling using 切る and 髪.
Variant with 切 instead of 切り; less common but still seen.
Alternate reading with rendaku; less common than きりかみ.
Compound of 切り (kiri, 'cutting') + 髪 (kami, 'hair'). The alternate reading きりがみ shows rendaku voicing of the second element.