切

切 U+5207, 切 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5207 ← 分 [U+5206] CJK Unified Ideographs 刈 → [U+5208]

切 U+FA00, 切 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA00 ← 刺 [U+F9FF] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 度 → [U+FA01]

切 U+2F850, 切 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F850 ← 噴 [U+2F84F] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 壮 → [U+2F851]

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切

Translingual

Stroke order

Alternative forms

Note that in Chinese scripts (simplified/traditional), the left component is written ㇐ followed by ㇙ (with an upward hook). In Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese scripts the left component ends with ㇟ as in 七, which is also the historical form found in the Kangxi Dictionary.

Han character

切 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 心尸竹 (PSH), four-corner 4772₀, composition ⿰七刀)

Derived characters

• 沏 𠯦 𢗠 𢗧 𢪃 𭎄 𮤺
• 𣐆 𤆻 䀙 砌 𬍔 𰹹
• 苆 袃 𥾛 𦕀 𫊧 𮅀
• 䟙 𨥓 𨥔 𩚦 𰎊
• 𢘰 𥿚 𫾌 (derived from the alternate compatibility variant 切)
• 彻 (Simplified form of 徹)
• 窃 (Japanese Shinjitai and Simplified form of 竊)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 136, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1858
• Dae Jaweon: page 307, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 320, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5207

• Unihan data for U+FA00

• Unihan data for U+2F850

Further reading

• 切 on Wikidata.Wikidata

Chinese

simp. and trad.		切
alternative forms		𪥂 𭃄

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 切
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)	Libian (compiled in Qing)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts	Clerical script
Small seal script s03163 Transcribed ancient scripts L27064 L27065
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (七) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
切	*sn̥ʰiːds, *sn̥ʰiːd
砌	*sʰiːds
沏	*sʰiːd
七	*sn̥ʰid
柒	*sn̥ʰid
叱	*n̥ʰjid

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sn̥ʰiːds, *sn̥ʰiːd): phonetic 七 (OC *sn̥ʰid) + semantic 刀 (“knife”).

Etymology 1

Related to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsik (“joint”); see there for more (STEDT).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): qiē (qie¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄝ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): qie²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): cit³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): tet¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhiet

  (Hailu, HRS): cied

  (Meixian, Guangdong): qiêd⁵

• Jin (Wiktionary): ciah⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): chiék / chiák
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ceh⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhiat

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ciag⁴ / ciêg⁴

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁷chiq / ⁷tshiq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiē
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cie
    • Wade–Giles: chʻieh¹
    • Yale: chyē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chie
    • Palladius: це (ce)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: qie²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kie
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiɛ²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cit³
    • Yale: chit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: qid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːt̚³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: tet¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰet̚³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiet
    • Hakka Romanization System: qied^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯et̚²/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: cied
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰiet⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: qiêd⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕʰiɛt̚¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ciah⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰiaʔ²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chiék / chiák
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiɛʔ²⁴/, /t͡sʰiɑʔ²⁴/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ceh⁶
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cheh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛʔ²¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ceh⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛʔ²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiat
    • Tâi-lô: tshiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiad
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Singapore): /t͡sʰiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /t͡sʰiɛt̚⁵/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ciag⁴ / ciêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiak / tshiek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiak̚²/, /t͡sʰiek̚²/

Note:

• ciag4 - Shantou;
• ciêg4 - Chaozhou.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁷chiq
    • MiniDict: chih^入
    • MiniDict: chieh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴qiq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰiɪʔ⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiəʔ⁵⁵/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁷tshiq
    • MiniDict: tshih^入
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡sʰiɪʔ⁴³/

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• Middle Chinese: tshet

Rime
Character	切
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	屑 (87)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	千結切
Baxter	tshet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰet̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɛt̚/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰet̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰiet̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰiet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cit3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ]ˤi[t]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sn̥ʰiːd/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	切
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qiè
Middle Chinese	‹ tshet ›
Old Chinese	/*[tsʰ]ˁi[t]/
English	cut; urgent
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	切
Reading #	2/2
No.	9908
Phonetic component	七
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*sn̥ʰiːd/

Definitions

切

1. to cut; to slice; to carve; to mince with a knife
2. to cut off; to disconnect
3. (mathematics) tangent

   正切  ―  zhèngqiē  ―  tangent

   餘切／余切  ―  yúqiē  ―  cotangent

4. to switch

   Synonym: 切換 / 切换 (qiēhuàn)

   輸入法切來切去很麻煩。 [MSC, trad.]
   输入法切来切去很麻烦。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shūrùfǎ qiē-lái qiē-qù hěn máfán. [Pinyin]

   Switching back and forth between IMEs all the time is so annoying.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 切 (“to cut with a knife; to slice”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		切
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	切
	Taiwan	切
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	切
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	切
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	切
	Wuhan	切
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	切
	Hefei	切
Cantonese	Guangzhou	切
	Hong Kong	切
	Yangjiang	切
Gan	Nanchang	切
Hakka	Meixian	切
Jin	Taiyuan	切
Northern Min	Jian'ou	切
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	削
Southern Min	Xiamen	截, 切
	Taipei	切, 截
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	切
	Kaohsiung	切
	Yilan	𠞩, 切
	Changhua (Lukang)	切
	Taichung	切
	Tainan	𠞩, 切
	Hsinchu	切, 截
	Kinmen	切, 截
	Penghu (Magong)	切, 截
	Manila (Hokkien)	切, 截
	Chaozhou	截
Wu	Suzhou	切
	Wenzhou	切
Xiang	Changsha	切
	Shuangfeng	切

Compounds

• 一刀切 (yīdāoqiē)
• 互切互磋
• 公切線 / 公切线
• 公切面
• 刀切斧砍
• 刀切豆腐
• 切入 (qiērù)
• 切分法
• 切分音
• 切削 (qiēxiāo)
• 切割 (qiēgē)
• 切口
• 切接法
• 切換 / 切换 (qiēhuàn)
• 切斷 / 切断 (qiēduàn)
• 切片 (qiēpiàn)
• 切片檢查 / 切片检查
• 切球
• 切碎 (qiēsuì)
• 切磋 (qiēcuō)
• 切磋琢磨 (qiēcuōzhuómó)
• 切線 / 切线 (qiēxiàn)
• 切腹自殺 / 切腹自杀
• 切除 (qiēchú)
• 切麵 / 切面 (qiēmiàn)
• 割切 (gēqiē)
• 外公切線 / 外公切线
• 外切多邊形 / 外切多边形
• 如切如磋
• 如砍瓜切菜一般
• 弦切角
• 橫切 / 横切
• 熟切店
• 病理切片
• 白切肉
• 砍瓜切菜
• 縱切面 / 纵切面 (zōngqiēmiàn)
• 薄批細切 / 薄批细切
• 餘切 / 余切 (yúqiē)
• 馬蹄刀瓢裡切菜 / 马蹄刀瓢里切菜

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiè (qie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): cit³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): tet²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhiet

  (Hailu, HRS): cied

• Eastern Min (BUC): chiék
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ceh⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhoeh / chheh / chhè / chhiat

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ciag⁴ / ciêg⁴

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁷chiq / ⁷tshiq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciè
    • Wade–Giles: chʻieh⁴
    • Yale: chyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chieh
    • Palladius: це (ce)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cit³
    • Yale: chit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: qid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːt̚³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: tet²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰet̚⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiet
    • Hakka Romanization System: qied^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯et̚²/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: cied
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰiet⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chiék
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiɛʔ²⁴/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ceh⁶
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cheh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛʔ²¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ceh⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛʔ²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoeh
    • Tâi-lô: tshueh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoeq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰueʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰueʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheh
    • Tâi-lô: tsheh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zheq
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰeʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhè
    • Tâi-lô: tshè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhex
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰe⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰe²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰe¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiat
    • Tâi-lô: tshiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiad
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɛt̚⁵/

Note:

• chhoeh/chheh - vernacular;
• chhiat - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ciag⁴ / ciêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiak / tshiek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiak̚²/, /t͡sʰiek̚²/
Note:
• ciag4 - Shantou;
• ciêg4 - Chaozhou.
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁷chiq
    • MiniDict: chih^入
    • MiniDict: chieh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴qiq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰiɪʔ⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiəʔ⁵⁵/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁷tshiq
    • MiniDict: tshih^入
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡sʰiɪʔ⁴³/

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• Middle Chinese: tshet

Rime
Character	切
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	屑 (87)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	千結切
Baxter	tshet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰet̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɛt̚/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰet̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰiet̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰiet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cit3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ]ˤi[t]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sn̥ʰiːd/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	切
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qiè
Middle Chinese	‹ tshet ›
Old Chinese	/*[tsʰ]ˁi[t]/
English	cut; urgent
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	切
Reading #	2/2
No.	9908
Phonetic component	七
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*sn̥ʰiːd/

Definitions

切

1. to be close to
2. to bite tightly; to clench
3. to correspond to; to match
4. (traditional Chinese medicine) to feel the pulse
5. eager; ardent
6. urgent; pressing
7. must; by all means
8. main point
9. (phonetics) short for 反切 (fǎnqiè, “fanqie”)

Compounds

• 不切實際 / 不切实际 (bùqièshíjì)
• 不真切
• 仁波切 (rénbōqiè)
• 令人切齒 / 令人切齿
• 倍感親切 / 倍感亲切
• 切中 (qièzhòng)
• 切中時弊 / 切中时弊
• 切切 (qièqiè)
• 切切實實 / 切切实实
• 切切私語 / 切切私语 (qièqièsīyǔ)
• 切勿 (qièwù)
• 切口
• 切合 (qièhé)
• 切囑 / 切嘱
• 切圓 / 切圆
• 切實 / 切实 (qièshí)
• 切對 / 切对
• 切峻
• 切己
• 切心
• 切忌 (qièjì)
• 切意
• 切愛 / 切爱
• 切末
• 切當 / 切当
• 切盼
• 切結 / 切结
• 切結書 / 切结书
• 切肩
• 切脈 / 切脉 (qièmài)
• 切腳 / 切脚
• 切膚 / 切肤 (qièfū)
• 切膚之痛 / 切肤之痛
• 切至
• 切莫 (qièmò)
• 切要 (qièyào)
• 切角
• 切記 / 切记 (qièjì)
• 切診 / 切诊 (qièzhěn)
• 切諫 / 切谏
• 切責 / 切责
• 切身 (qièshēn)
• 切近 (qièjìn)
• 切鄰 / 切邻
• 切雲 / 切云
• 切面 (qiēmiàn)
• 切音
• 切韻 / 切韵 (Qièyùn)
• 切題 / 切题 (qiètí)
• 切骨 (qiègǔ)
• 切骨之仇
• 切點 / 切点 (qiēdiǎn)
• 切齒 / 切齿 (qièchǐ)
• 切齒咬牙 / 切齿咬牙
• 切齒拊心 / 切齿拊心
• 切齒腐心 / 切齿腐心
• 剛切 / 刚切
• 剴切 / 剀切 (kǎiqiè)
• 反切
• 咬牙切齒 / 咬牙切齿 (yǎoyáqièchǐ)
• 嚴切 / 严切
• 妥切
• 密切 (mìqiè)
• 密切追隨 / 密切追随
• 密密切切
• 峻切
• 律切
• 心切 (xīnqiè)
• 急切 (jíqiè)
• 怒目切齒 / 怒目切齿
• 恨之切骨 (hènzhīqiègǔ)
• 悽切 / 凄切 (qīqiè)
• 情切 (qíngqiè)
• 悲切 (bēiqiè)
• 悲喜交切
• 悲悲切切
• 情詞懇切 / 情词恳切
• 意切言盡 / 意切言尽
• 意切辭盡 / 意切辞尽
• 慘切 / 惨切
• 憤切 / 愤切
• 懇切 / 恳切 (kěnqiè)
• 拊膺切齒 / 拊膺切齿
• 操切 (cāoqiè)
• 攘袂切齒 / 攘袂切齿
• 明義理，切世用 / 明义理，切世用
• 會文切理 / 会文切理
• 望聞問切 / 望闻问切 (wàngwénwènqiè)
• 極切瞻韓 / 极切瞻韩
• 正切 (zhèngqiē)
• 殷切 (yīnqiè)
• 求好心切
• 浮聲切響 / 浮声切响
• 淒切 / 凄切 (qīqiè)
• 深切 (shēnqiè)
• 清切
• 激切 (jīqiè)
• 熱切 / 热切 (rèqiè)
• 痛切 (tòngqiè)
• 痛切心骨
• 痛心切齒 / 痛心切齿
• 相切 (xiāngqiē)
• 真切 (zhēnqiè)
• 瞋目切齒 / 瞋目切齿
• 確切 / 确切 (quèqiè)
• 私言切語 / 私言切语
• 種切 / 种切
• 端切
• 精切
• 緊切 / 紧切
• 義切中抱 / 义切中抱
• 苛切
• 要切
• 親切 / 亲切 (qīnqiè)
• 診切 / 诊切
• 貼切 / 贴切 (tiēqiè)
• 較切 / 较切
• 迫切 (pòqiè)
• 迫切性
• 適切 / 适切 (shìqiè)
• 關切 / 关切 (guānqiè)
• 關切補詞 / 关切补词
• 飢凍交切 / 饥冻交切
• 飢寒交切 / 饥寒交切

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): qiè (qie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄝˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): че (či͡ə, II)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): cai³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): tai¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiet
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhè / chhiat
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁷chiq / ⁷tshiq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciè
    • Wade–Giles: chʻieh⁴
    • Yale: chyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chieh
    • Palladius: це (ce)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: че (či͡ə, II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiə⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cai³
    • Yale: chai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐi̯³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: tai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰai³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiet
    • Hakka Romanization System: qied^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯et̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhè
    • Tâi-lô: tshè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhex
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰe⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰe²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰe¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiat
    • Tâi-lô: tshiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiad
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɛt̚³²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁷chiq
    • MiniDict: chih^入
    • MiniDict: chieh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴qiq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰiɪʔ⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiəʔ⁵⁵/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁷tshiq
    • MiniDict: tshih^入
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡sʰiɪʔ⁴³/

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• Middle Chinese: tshejH

Rime
Character	切
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	七計切
Baxter	tshejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰeiH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰeiH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɛjH/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰeiH/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰieiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cai3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sn̥ʰiːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	切
Reading #	1/2
No.	9906
Phonetic component	七
Rime group	至
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	砌
Old Chinese	/*sn̥ʰiːds/

Definitions

切

1. used in 一切 (yīqiè, “all; every; everything; anything”)

Compounds

• 一切 (yīqiè)
• 一切從簡 / 一切从简 (yīqiècóngjiǎn)
• 一切眾生 / 一切众生
• 不顧一切 / 不顾一切 (bùgùyīqiè)
• 目空一切 (mùkōngyīqiè)

Etymology 4

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiè (qie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciè
    • Wade–Giles: chʻieh⁴
    • Yale: chyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chieh
    • Palladius: це (ce)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹/

Definitions

切

1. (Mandarin, chiefly women's speech, colloquial) An interjection conveying a slight sense of disdain or dissatisfaction.

See also

• (Cantonese) 唓 / 𪠳 (chē)

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cit³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cit³
    • Yale: chit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: qid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːt̚³/

Definitions

切

1. (Cantonese) to be in time for; in time

   嚟得切 [Cantonese]  ―  lai⁴ dak¹ cit³ [Jyutping]  ―  to (be able to) make it

References

• “切”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00332
• “切”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
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Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 切

切

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

1. cut

Readings

• Go-on: せち (sechi)、さい (sai, Jōyō ^†)
• Kan-on: せつ (setsu, Jōyō)、せい (sei)
• Kun: きる (kiru, 切る, Jōyō)、きれる (kireru, 切れる, Jōyō)
• Nanori: きつ (kitsu)、きり (kiri)、ぎり (giri)

Compounds

Compounds

• 切(き)っ掛(か)け, 切(きっ)掛(かけ) (kikkake, “chance, start”)
• 切(きっ)手(て) (kitte, “postage stamp”)
• 切(きっ)符(ぷ) (kippu, “ticket”)
  • 切(きっ)符(ぷ)を切(き)る (kippu o kiru, “rip off a coupon”)
• 切(き)らす (kirasu, “be out of, run out of”)
• 切(き)り上(あ)げ (kiriage, “end, conclusion”)
• 切(き)り替(か)える (kirikaeru, “change, exchange”)
  • 切(き)り替(か)え (kirikae, “exchange, conversion”)
• 切(き)りがない, 切(き)りが無(な)い (kiri ga nai, “endless, innumerable”)
• 切(き)り紙(がみ) (kirigami, “wallpaper”)
• 切(き)り崩(くず)す (kirikuzusu, “level, cut through”)
• 切(き)り口(くち) (kirikuchi, “cut end, section”)
• 切(き)り下(さ)げ (kirisage, “devaluation, markdown”)
• 切(きり)支(し)丹(たん), 切(きり)死(し)丹(たん) (kirishitan, “early Japanese Christianity”)
• 切(き)り捨(す)てる (kirisuteru, “cut down, truncate”)
  • 切(き)り捨(す)て (kirisute, “omission, rounding down”)
• 切(き)り倒(たお)す (kiritaosu, “fell a tree”)
• 切(き)り抜(ぬ)き (kirinuki, “scraps, cuts”)
• 切(き)り離(はな)す (kirihanasu, “detach, decapitate”)
• 切(き)り札(ふだ) (kirifuda, “trump card”)
• 切(き)れ味(あじ) (kireaji, “the feel of a cutting edge”)
• 切(き)れ切(ぎ)れの (kiregire no, “scrap, disconnected”)
• 切(き)れた縄(なわ) (kireta nawa, “broken rope”)
• 切(き)れの帽子(ぼうし) (kire no bōshi, “cloth hat”)
• 切(き)れ端(はし) (kirehashi, “scraps, cut end”)
• 切(き)れ目(め) (kireme, “break, pause”)
• 切(せつ)実(じつ) (setsujitsu, “compelling, serious”)
• 切(せつ)除(じょ) (setsujo, “cut off, cut out”)
• 切(せつ)断(だん) (setsudan, “cutting, severance”)
• 切(せつ)ない (setsunai, “painful, oppressive”)
• 切(せっ)開(かい) (sekkai, “incision, operation”)
• 切(せっ)迫(ぱく) (seppaku, “pressure, urgency”)
• 切(せっ)腹(ぷく) (seppuku, “ritual suicide”)
• 言(い)い切(き)る (iikiru, “declare, assert”)
• 息(いき)切(ぎ)れ (ikigire, “shortness of breath”)
• 一(いっ)切(さい) (issai, “all, everything”)
• 打(う)ち切(き)る (uchikiru, “stop, abort”)
  • 打(う)ち切(き)り (uchikiri, “end, close”)
• 裏(うら)切(ぎ)る (uragiru, “betray, turn traitor”)
  • 裏(うら)切(ぎ)り (uragiri, “treachery, betrayal”)
  • 裏(うら)切(ぎ)り者(もの) (uragirimono, “betrayer, traitor”)
• 売(う)り切(き)れる (urikireru, “be sold out”)
  • 売(う)り切(き)れ (urikire, “sold out”)
• 縁(えん)切(き)り (enkiri, “separation, divorce”)
• 押(お)し切(き)る (oshikiru, “face down the opposition”)
• 思(おも)い切(き)る (omoikiru, “give up all thoughts of”)
  • 思(おも)い切(き)り (omoikiri, “with all one's strength”)
  • 思(おも)い切(き)って (omoikitte, “resolutely, boldly”)
• 貸(か)し切(き)り, 貸(かし)切(き)り (kashikiri, “reserved, reservation”)
• 皮(かわ)切(き)り (kawakiri, “beginning, start”)
• 缶(かん)切(き)り (kankiri, “can opener”)
• 区(く)切(ぎ)る (kugiru, “punctuate, cut off”)
  • 区(く)切(ぎ)り (kugiri, “punctuation, end”)
• ケーキ一(ひと)切(き)れ (kēki hitokire, “a piece of cake”)
• 小(こ)切(ぎっ)手(て) (kogitte, “check”)
• 懇(こん)切(せつ) (konsetsu, “kindness, cordiality”)
• 時(じ)間(かん)切(ぎ)れ (jikangire, “out of time”)
• 仕(し)切(き)る (shikiru, “partition, divide”)
  • 仕(し)切(き)り (shikiri, “partition, division”)
• 品(しな)切(ぎ)れ (shinagire, “out of stock”)
• 締(し)め切(き)る (shimekiru, “close up, shut up”)
  • 締(しめ)切(きり), 締(しめ)切(き)り, 締(し)め切(き)り (shimekiri, “closing, cut off”)
• 親(しん)切(せつ) (shinsetsu, “kindness, gentleness”)
• 澄(す)み切(き)る (sumikiru, “to be serene”)
• 大(たい)切(せつ) (taisetsu, “important, valuable”)
• 試(ため)し切(ぎ)り (tameshigiri, “trying out a new sword or blade”)
• 千(ち)切(ぎ)る (chigiru, “cut up fine”)
  • 千(ち)切(ぎ)れる (chigireru, “be torn to pieces”)
• 痛(つう)切(せつ) (tsūsetsu, “keen, acute”)
• 疲(つか)れ切(き)る (tsukarekiru, “be exhausted”)
• 爪(つめ)切(き)り (tsumekiri, “nail clippers”)
• 適(てき)切(せつ) (tekisetsu, “pertinent, appropriate”)
• 手(て)切(ぎ)れ (tegire, “severing of connections”)
• 電(でん)池(ち)切(ぎ)れ (denchigire, “flat battery”)
• 電(でん)話(わ)を切(き)る (denwa o kiru, “hang up the phone”)
• 途(と)切(ぎ)れる (togireru, “pause, be interrupted”)
• 逃(に)げ切(き)る (nigekiru, “manage to hold on”)
• 値(ね)切(ぎ)る (negiru, “drive a bargain”)
• 歯(は)切(ぎ)れ (hagire, “the feel when biting”)
• 腹(はら)切(き)り (harakiri, “ritual suicide”)
• 張(は)り切(き)る (harikiru, “be in high spirits”)
• 半(はん)切(せつ) (hansetsu, “half size”)
• 不(ふ)親(しん)切(せつ) (fushinsetsu, “unkindness, unfriendliness”)
• 二(ふた)切(き)れのパン (futakire no pan, “two slices of bread”)
• ブチ切(き)れ (buchikire, “livid”)
• 踏(ふ)み切(き)る (fumikiru, “make a bold start”)
  • 踏(ふみ)切(きり), 踏(ふみ)切(き)り (fumikiri, “railway crossing”)
• 振(ふ)り切(き)る (furikiru, “shake free from”)
• 幕(まく)切(ぎ)れ (makugire, “fall of the curtain”)
• 見(み)切(き)り (mikiri, “abandon, forsake”)
  • 見(み)切(き)り発(はっ)車(しゃ) (mikiri hassha, “making a snap decision”)
• みじん切(ぎ)り (mijingiri, “finely chopped”)
• 紋(もん)切(き)り型(がた) (monkirigata, “fixed formula”)
• やり切(き)れない (yarikirenai, “unbearable, intolerable”)
• 指(ゆび)切(き)り (yubikiri, “pinky promise”)
• 飛(ゆ)び切(き)り (yubikiri, “extraordinary, superior”)
• 横(よこ)切(ぎ)る (yokogiru, “cross, traverse”)
• 四(よ)つ切(ぎ)り (yotsugiri, “cutting into four”)
• 読(よ)み切(き)る (yomikiru, “finish reading”)
• 輪(わ)切(ぎ)り (wagiri, “round slices”)
• 割(わ)り切(き)る (warikiru, “give a clear explanation”)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
切
き Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
切
き > ぎ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 切 – see the following entry.

【切きり】 [noun] 切り, 切, 限: limits, bounds, end [suffix] cutter [particle] just, only Alternative spelling 限 【切ぎり】 [suffix] way of cutting

(This term, 切, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 切 (MC tshet).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	쳐ᇙ〮 (Yale: chyélq)
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
	Gloss (hun)	Reading
Sinjeung Yuhap, 1576	졀ᄒᆞᆯ (Yale: cyel-hol)	졀 (Yale: cyel)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [절]

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

切

切 (eumhun 끊을 절 (kkeuneul jeol))

1. hanja form^? of 절 (“to cut”) [affix]

Compounds

Compounds

• 간절 (懇切, ganjeol)
• 두절 (頭切, dujeol)
• 반절 (反切, banjeol)
• 애절 (哀切, aejeol)
• 일절 (一切, iljeol)
• 적절 (適切, jeokjeol)
• 절개 (切開, jeolgae)
• 절단 (切斷, jeoldan)
• 절박 (切迫, jeolbak)
• 절상 (切上, jeolsang)
• 절실 (切實, jeolsil)
• 절점 (切點, jeoljeom)
• 절취 (切實, jeolchwi)
• 친절 (親切, chinjeol)

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 切 (MC tshejH).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	촁〮 (Yale: chyéy)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰe̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [체]

Hanja

切 (eumhun 온통 체 (ontong che))

1. hanja form^? of 체 (“only used in 일체(一切) (ilche, “all, everything”): whole”)

Compounds

• 일체 (一切, ilche)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

切: Hán Nôm readings: thiết, siết, thiếc, thướt, xắt, thế

1. to slice