Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)

    piercing (cold); biting (wind)

    外は身を切るような寒さだった。
    It was piercingly cold outside.

Also written 身を切る様【みをきるよう】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

somebody, person, one's station in life

Kun
On
シン
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N2
Frequency
320 of 2500
Radical
body
WaniKani
Level 8

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
4-7-3, 4-7-4SKIP code
0a7.5The Kanji Dictionary
2740.0Four corner code
847deroo
8eabUnicode hex code
1-31-40JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4601Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5928New Nelson (John Haig)
3553New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4368Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2213Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2977Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1248Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1337Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
331A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
546Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
791Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38034Morohashi
323A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
59Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
59Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
255sakade
937Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
339henshall3
285Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
174crowley
394Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1768Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1256Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shen1, juan1Pinyin reading
sinKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
8WaniKani level
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