julienne; finely cut strips; shredded vegetables
Refers to vegetables cut into thin matchstick-like strips, a common cutting technique in Japanese cooking.
大根を千切りにしてサラダに加える。
Julienne the daikon radish and add it to the salad.
It comes with a generous serving of shredded cabbage.
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
Alternate kanji spelling using 繊 (fiber/fine); rarely used in modern writing.
From 千 (sen, 'thousand') + 切り (kiri, 'cutting'), referring to the many thin strips produced by this cutting technique.