kirigami

English

business card kirigami

Etymology

From Japanese 切り紙 (きりがみ, kirigami), from 切り (きり, kiri, “to cut”) + 紙 (かみ, kami, “paper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɪɹɪˈɡɑːmɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːmi

Noun

kirigami (uncountable)

1. An art similar to origami, with cutting permitted.

Coordinate terms

• jianzhi
• papercutting

Related terms

• chiyogami
• origami

Translations

origami with cutting permitted

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 剪紙／剪纸 (zh) (jiǎnzhǐ), 剪纸 (zh) (jiǎnzhǐ) (also Chinese tradition)

• French: kirigami (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 切り紙, 切紙 (きりがみ, kirigami)
• Marathi: किरिगामि f (kirigāmi)
• Russian: кирига́ми n (kirigámi)

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Japanese

Romanization

kirigami

1. Rōmaji transcription of きりがみ