Japanese symbol for “cutouts”

切り抜き細工

きりぬきざいく

Romaji: kirinukizaiku

cutouts (of coloured paper)

In Japanese, cutouts is 切り抜き細工, read きりぬきざいく (kirinukizaiku).

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Meanings

n cutouts (of coloured paper)

Written forms: 切り抜き細工、切抜き細工. Readings: きりぬきざいく.

Kanji and stroke order

切

cut, cutoff, be sharp

on: セツ、サイ
kun: き.る、-き.る、き.り、-き.り

4 strokes · JLPT 3

抜

slip out, extract, pull out

on: バツ、ハツ、ハイ
kun: ぬ.く、-ぬ.く、ぬ.き、ぬ.ける

7 strokes · JLPT 2

細

dainty, get thin, taper

on: サイ
kun: ほそ.い、ほそ.る、こま.か、こま.かい

11 strokes · JLPT 2

工

craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)

on: コウ、ク、グ

3 strokes · JLPT 3

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
詳細	しょうさい shousai	details; particulars; specifics
工場	こうじょう koujou	factory; plant; mill

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.