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

    to cut open

    彼は、その封筒を切り開いた。
    He cut the envelope open.
  2. to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to open; to cut one's way through (e.g. a jungle)

  3. to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)

Also written 切り拓く【きりひらく】切りひらく【きりひらく】

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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

open, unfold, unseal

Kun
ひら.くひら.き-びら.きひら.けるあ.くあ.ける
On
カイ
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
59 of 2500
Radical
gate
WaniKani
Level 10

Built from

Used in names as

はるひらき

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-8-4SKIP code
8e4.6The Kanji Dictionary
7744.1Four corner code
3855deroo
958bUnicode hex code
1-19-11JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4950Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6393New Nelson (John Haig)
3321New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4121Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2092Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2835Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1622Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1750Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
80A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1821Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
550Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
41233Morohashi
241A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
396Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
400Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
171sakade
270Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
261henshall3
391Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
290crowley
215Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.13busy_people
1840Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1636Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
kai1Pinyin reading
gaeKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10WaniKani level