刈 means “cut, mow, reap”

かる · karu

Also: clip, trim

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): かる
On'yomi (Chinese reading): ガイ, カイ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 4 strokes

The story

Crossed blades (乂), which the Shuowen glosses as cutting grass, beside a knife (刂): shears snipping away. 刈る is to cut grass, grain or hair: 稲刈り is the rice harvest, 草刈り is mowing, and 刈り上げ is a short, clipped haircut.

Used in 刈る (karu, to cut/mow), 稲刈り (inekari, rice harvest), and 刈り上げ (kariage, short clipped haircut)

刈 means “cut, mow, reap”

The story

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