Refers to the act of cutting, especially in contexts like tailoring or fabric cutting. Often used in compound terms such as 裁ちばさみ (tailor's scissors) or 裁ち方 (cutting method).
裁ちばさみで布を切る。
Cut the cloth with tailor's scissors.
この裁ち方は初心者には難しい。
This cutting method is difficult for beginners.
fabric scraps; cuttings
cutting; way of cutting; cut
tailor's cutting board
cutting (cloth or paper)
cut out (a garment) from cloth
The noun form of the verb 裁つ (たつ, 'to cut cloth'), derived from the continuative stem. The kanji 裁 carries the meaning of cutting or tailoring.