EntryCommonJLPT N2
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb

    to divide; to separate; to partition; to demarcate; to delimit; to mark off

    グラウンドは白線で3つに区切られている。
    The playground is divided into three areas by white lines.
  2. to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud); to space one's words

Also written 句切る【くぎる】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

ward, district

On
ク、オウ、コウ
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N2
Frequency
137 of 2500
Radical
hiding enclosure
WaniKani
Level 15

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
3-2-2SKIP code
2t2.1The Kanji Dictionary
7171.4Four corner code
3475deroo
533aUnicode hex code
1-22-72JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
757Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
585New Nelson (John Haig)
2963New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3681Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1879Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2559Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1696Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1831Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
67A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
168Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2674Morohashi
465A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
183Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
183Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
591sakade
131Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
282henshall3
243Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
548Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
233Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1712Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qu1, ou1Pinyin reading
gu, uKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
15WaniKani 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