14 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

cut off, sever

Kun'yomi
  • to cut (e.g. cloth)
  • to cut (cloth)
On'yomi
  • セツ
  • サイ

Main Radical

(KanXi) (Nelson)

Reading Commonality

セツ 90.0%
10.0%

Character Breakdown

cut off, sever
セツ た.つ サイ (Kentei 1)
tailor, judge, decision
サイ さば.く た.つ (6th, N1)
to cut, wound, hurt
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
halberd, arms, festival car
ほこ カ ほこづくり (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク いぐるみ (Kentei 1)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ ころも きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant

Common Words

direct ②decisive
pruning tree branches to encourage new growth
cutting off the head ②shaping the flowers and leaves of a plant
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References

Unicode hex code 622A
JIS X 0208 1-57-3
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 793
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2039
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3301
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 4092
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2703
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2740
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 11639
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 8c6.3
Four corner code 4325.0