EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    beginning; start

    usu. as ...を皮切りに

    それを皮切りとして欧州の詩や文学を多数紹介するようになりました。
    With that as a start many European poems and much literature came to be introduced.
  2. first moxa treatment

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

pelt, skin, hide, leather, skin radical (no. 107)

Kun
かわ
On
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1092 of 2500
Radical
skin
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
3-3-2, 4-5-4SKIP code
2h3.1The Kanji Dictionary
4024.7Four corner code
1667deroo
76aeUnicode hex code
1-40-73JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3109Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3878New Nelson (John Haig)
3037New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3771Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1923Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2615Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
802Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
865Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
939A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
863Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
22823Morohashi
374A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
975Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1008Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
307sakade
755Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
396henshall3
258Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1144Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1367Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
810Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
pi2Pinyin reading
piKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani 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