Word Meaning 切り髪

きりかみ kirikami

切り髪 is read as きりかみ (kirikami) and means cut hair.

Meaning

English

  1. cut hair
  2. short hairstyle worn by widows (from the early modern period to the Meiji era)

Reading

Kana

きりかみ

Romaji

kirikami

Writing Variants

  • 切り髪 きりがみ kirigami
  • 切髪 きりかみ kirikami
  • 切髪 きりがみ kirigami

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 146970 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

髪を切る

かみをきる

to get a haircut

切実

せつじつ

pertinent

切断

せつだん

cutting

切り取り

きりとり

cutting (for a railroad, highway, etc.)

切腹

せっぷく

seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

切望

せつぼう

earnest desire

切り抜き

きりぬき

cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)

切除

せつじょ

cut off

切り取る

きりとる

to cut off

切り返す

きりかえす

to perform a twisting backward knee trip

切り返し

きりかえし

railway switchback