EntryCommon
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb

    to take off; to jump; to leap

    彼は多くの希望と不安を抱いて結婚にふみきった。
    He embarked on his marriage with many hopes and fears.
  2. to take the plunge; to decide; to embark on; to venture into; to launch out into

  3. to step out of the ring

    Sumo

Also written 踏切る【ふみきる】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

step, trample, carry through, appraise, evade payment

Kun
ふ.むふ.まえる
On
トウ
Strokes
15
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
723 of 2500
Radical
foot
WaniKani
Level 36

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-7-8SKIP code
7d8.3The Kanji Dictionary
6216.3Four corner code
3778deroo
8e0fUnicode hex code
1-38-07JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4571Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5889New Nelson (John Haig)
1587New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1997Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1066Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1435Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1287Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1381Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1067A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2314Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1186Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
37602Morohashi
1657A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1559Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1662Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1795Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1806Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
266Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1766Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1296Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ta4, ta1Pinyin reading
dabKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
36WaniKani 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