Entry
  1. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

    to cut up; to split open; to rip to pieces; to tear to pieces

    切れはずたずたに切り裂かれた。
    The cloth was torn to shreds.
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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

cut, cutoff, be sharp

Kun
き.る-き.るき.り-き.り-ぎ.りき.れる-き.れるき.れ-き.れ-ぎ.れ
On
セツサイ
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
324 of 2500
Radical
knife
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

きつきりぎり

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-2-2SKIP code
2f2.2The Kanji Dictionary
4772.0Four corner code
1445deroo
5207Unicode hex code
1-32-58JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
667Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
453New Nelson (John Haig)
27New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
30Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
15Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
15Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
85Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
89Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
204A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
51Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
36Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1858Morohashi
156A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
39Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
39Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
99sakade
126Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
173henshall3
97Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
208crowley
250Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.3busy_people
179Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
86Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qie1, qie4Pinyin reading
jeol, cheKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

split, rend, tear

Kun
さ.くさ.ける-ぎ.れ
On
レツ
Strokes
12
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1041 of 2500
Radical
clothes
WaniKani
Level 43

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
2-6-6SKIP code
5e6.7The Kanji Dictionary
1273.2Four corner code
3165deroo
88c2Unicode hex code
1-46-86JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4233Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5453New Nelson (John Haig)
2687New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3331Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1727Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2347Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
813Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
876Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1332A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1277Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
34260Morohashi
1930A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1330Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1413Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1728Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1581Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1371Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1626Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
821Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
lie4, lie3Pinyin reading
ryeolKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
43WaniKani level