Memory phrase for the character: 切

切

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Meaning

cut

Pronunciation

 SETSU, SAI
kiru

Explanation

 Left: seven 七, right: sword 刀

Mnemonic
 
Seven swords cut.

Radicals

七 sevenLike an Arabic 7 (strikethrough) upside down.
刀 swordAs radical often simplified to:刂
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 Vocabulary

親切 しんせつ  kindness, gentleness
一切 いっさい  all, everything, without exception, the whole
切手 きって  stamp
大切 たいせつ  important
切り きり  limits, end, bounds, period, place to leave off
切れる きれる  to break (off), to cut, to wear out, to burst
思いっ切り おもいっきり  abjuration, abdication
仕切る しきる  to partition, to divide, to mark off, to settle accounts
適切 てきせつ  pertinent, appropriate, adequate, relevance

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