Jisho

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17 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
sociable, kind, courteous, hospitable, cordial
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1135 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 懇談 【コンダン】 friendly chat, relaxed conversation, informal meeting
  • 懇親 【コンシン】 friendship, intimacy
  • 米懇 【ベイコン】 round table conference on rice price
  • 昵懇 【ジッコン】 intimacy, familiarity, closeness

Kun reading compounds

  • 懇ろ 【ねんごろ】 kind, courteous, hospitable, warmly respectful, intimate, becoming intimate, having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship)
  • 懇ろになる 【ねんごろになる】 to become intimate with (e.g. a woman), to become acquainted

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ken3
Korean:
gan

Spanish

  • sociable
  • amable
  • cortés
  • hospitalario
  • cordial

Portuguese

  • sociável
  • espécie
  • cordial
  • hospitaleira
  • cortês

French

  • sociable
  • gentil
  • courtois
  • hospitalier
  • cordial
1282 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1170 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1781 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1171 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1325 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1135 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1187 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1799 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
804 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3606 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1851 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2517 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1990 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11326 Morohashi
2899 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2002 New Nelson (John Haig)
1970 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2123 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1868 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2058 2001 Kanji
4k13.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-13-4 SKIP code
2733.3 Four corner code
1-26-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
61c7 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
cut, cutoff, be sharp
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
324 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 切 【セツ】 eager, earnest, ardent, kind, keen, acute, OFF (on switch)
  • 切実 【セツジツ】 earnest, sincere, acute, keen, fervent, pressing, urgent, serious, severe, pertinent, appropriate
  • 懇切 【コンセツ】 kind and careful (instruction, explanation, etc.), considerate, helpful, thoughtful, detailed, scrupulous
  • 哀切 【アイセツ】 pathetic, plaintive
  • 家財一切 【カザイイッサイ】 complete set of household goods
  • 費用一切 【ヒヨウイッサイ】 all expenses

Kun reading compounds

  • 切る 【きる】 to cut, to cut through, to perform (surgery), to sever (connections, ties), to turn off (e.g. the light), to terminate (e.g. a conversation), to hang up (the phone), to disconnect, to punch (a ticket), to tear off (a stub), to open (something sealed), to start, to set (a limit), to do (something) in less or within a certain time, to issue (cheques, vouchers, etc.), to reduce, to decrease, to discount, to shake off (water, etc.), to let drip-dry, to let drain, to cross, to traverse, to criticize sharply, to act decisively, to do (something noticeable), to go first, to make (certain facial expressions, in kabuki), to turn (vehicle, steering wheel, etc.), to curl (a ball), to bend, to cut, to shuffle (cards), to discard a tile, to dismiss, to sack, to let go, to expel, to excommunicate, to dig (a groove), to cut (a stencil, on a mimeograph), to trump, to cut (the connection between two groups), to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking a metal against stone), to draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.), to do completely, to finish doing, to be completely ..., to be totally ..., to be terribly ..., to do clearly, to do decisively, to do firmly
  • 切り 【きり】 end, finish, place to stop, bound, limit, end, delivery date (of a futures contract), finale (of a noh song), end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki), final performance of the day (in vaudeville), trump card, king (court card; in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta), counter for slices (esp. thick slices), counter for cuts (of fish, meat, etc.), only, just, (ever) since, after, continuously, remaining (in a particular state)
  • 切り替え 【きりかえ】 exchange, conversion, replacement, switching (to), switchover
  • 爪切り 【つめきり】 nail clippers
  • 押し切り 【おしきり】 straw cutter, short mane, pressing and cutting
  • 切れる 【きれる】 to break, to snap, to be cut, to split, to crack, to be injured, to wear out, to be worn out, to break, to burst, to collapse, to wear off, to stop working, to go dead, to expire (time limit, etc.), to run out, to become due, to run out (of stock, etc.), to be exhausted, to be used up, to be sold out, to be out of, to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship), to break up, to have severed ties, to be cut off, to be disconnected, to cut well, to be sharp, to be sharp-minded, to be keen, to be shrewd, to be quick-witted, to be able, to be short of, to drop under (a certain figure), to beat (e.g. a record time), to dry off, to curve, to veer, to shuffle (cards), to get angry, to snap, to blow one's top, to lose one's temper, to flip, to be able to do completely
  • 切れ 【きれ】 piece, slice, strip, scrap, cloth, sharpness, agility, counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
  • 切れ味 【きれあじ】 sharpness, cutting ability, quickness (of wit), incisiveness, technical proficiency, skill, peppiness (of a ball)
  • 布切れ 【ぬのぎれ】 piece of cloth

Readings

Japanese names:
きつ、 きり、 ぎり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qie1, qie4
Korean:
jeol, che

Spanish

  • cortar
  • urgente
  • apremiante
  • completo
  • cortar bien
  • agotarse

Portuguese

  • corte
  • talho
  • afiar

French

  • couper
  • trancher
  • tranchant
  • passionné
  • sérieux
99 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
173 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
156 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
204 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
667 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
36 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
126 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
51 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.3 Japanese for Busy People
39 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
39 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
250 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
179 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
30 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
15 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
15 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
86 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1858 Morohashi
27 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
453 New Nelson (John Haig)
85 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
89 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
208 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
97 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1445 2001 Kanji
2f2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-2 SKIP code
4772.0 Four corner code
1-32-58 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5207 Unicode hex code