Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ru' ending

    to break a dam; to burst out

Also written せきを切る【せきをきる】関を切る【せきをきる】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

dam, prevent, stop up

Kun
せきせ.く
On
エン
Strokes
12
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Frequency
1913 of 2500
Radical
earth
WaniKani
Level 50

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
1-3-9SKIP code
3b9.12The Kanji Dictionary
4111.4Four corner code
5830Unicode hex code
1-17-65JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1111Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1055New Nelson (John Haig)
676Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
510Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2191Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2305Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
5274Morohashi
yan4Pinyin reading
eonKorean reading
50WaniKani 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