刈

See also 苅

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 刂 (“knife”) + phonetic 乂

Han character

刈 (radical 18 刀+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 大中弓 (KLN), four-corner 4200₀, composition ⿰㐅刂)

1. cut off, reap, mow
2. sickle

References

• KangXi: page 136, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1859
• Dae Jaweon: page 307, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 323, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5208

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Cantonese

Hanzi

刈 (Yale ngaai6)

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Japanese

Kanji

刈 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. reap, cut (grass or other plants), prune

Readings

• On: がい (gai), かい (kai)
• Kun: かる (刈る, karu)
• Nanori: かっ (kat), かり (kari)

Compounds

刈る (karu): cut, mow, harvest 刈り込む (karikomu): cut, dress, prune 刈り取る (karitoru): mow, reap, harvest 刈り入れ (kariire): harvest 刈り立て (karitate no): new mown, newly cut

稲刈り (inekari): rice reaping 草刈り (kusakari): mowing, mower 丸刈り (marugari): close clipping

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Korean

Hanja

刈 (hangeul 예, revised ye, McCune-Reischauer ye)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

刈 (pinyin kān (kan1), yì (yi4), Wade-Giles k'an¹, i⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

刈 (ngãi)