EntryCommonJLPT N1
  1. Noun

    end; finish; place to stop

    Usually written using kana alone

    彼はそこに行ったきり2度と帰ってこなかった。
    He went there, never to return.
  2. bound; limit; end

    Usually written using kana alonesee 切りがない

  3. delivery date (of a futures contract)

    Finance

  4. finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); final performance of the day (in vaudeville)

  5. trump card

  6. king (court card; in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)

    Card games

  7. cut; separation of two groups

    Go (game)Usually written using kana aloneusu. キリ

  8. Counter

    counter for slices (esp. thick slices); counter for cuts (of fish, meat, etc.)

  9. Particle

    only; just

    Usually written using kana alonesometimes pronounced ぎりsee っきり

  10. (ever) since; after

    Usually written using kana aloneusu. in a negative sentence; sometimes pronounced ぎり

  11. continuously; remaining (in a particular state)

    Usually written using kana alonesometimes pronounced ぎり

Also written 限り【きり】切【きり】限【きり】

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Characters in this word

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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