Japanese symbol for “clipping”
切り抜き
きりぬき
Romaji: kirinuki
clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook)
In Japanese, clipping is 切り抜き, read きりぬき (kirinuki).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook)
- n cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)
- n clip (from a video); video clip
Written forms: 切り抜き、切抜き、切抜、切りぬき. Readings: きりぬき.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “clipping”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 切り取り | きりとり kiritori | cutting; tearing off; cutting off |
| クリッピング | クリッピング kurippingu | clipping |
| スクラップ | スクラップ sukurappu | clipping (from a newspaper, magazine, etc.); cutting |
| 切り落とし | きりおとし kiriotoshi | clipping |
| 音割れ | おとわれ otoware | clipping (of audio) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大切 | たいせつ taisetsu | important; significant; serious |
| 一切 | いっさい issai | all; everything; entirety |
| 適切 | てきせつ tekisetsu | appropriate; suitable; fitting |
| 切り | きり kiri | end; finish; place to stop |
| 切る | きる kiru | to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery) |
| 親切 | しんせつ shinsetsu | kind; gentle; considerate |
| 抜群 | ばつぐん batsugun | outstanding; excellent; exceptional |
| 抜き | ぬき nuki | leaving out; omitting; skipping |
See also: Chinese symbol for “clipping”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.