Japanese symbol for “cuttings”
裁ち屑
たちくず
Romaji: tachikuzu
cuttings; scraps
In Japanese, cuttings is 裁ち屑, read たちくず (tachikuzu).
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Meanings
- n cuttings; scraps
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “cuttings”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 切り枝 | きりえだ kirieda | cuttings; lop; spray |
| カッティングス | カッティングス kattingusu | cuttings (e.g. from boring) |
| 裁ち落とし | たちおとし tachiotoshi | snippets; trimmings; cuttings |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 裁判 | さいばん saiban | trial; judgement; judgment |
| 裁判所 | さいばんしょ saibansho | court; courthouse |
| 総裁 | そうさい sousai | president (of an organization); director general; governor (of a central bank) |
| 制裁 | せいさい seisai | sanctions; punishment |
| 独裁 | どくさい dokusai | dictatorship; despotism; autocracy |
| 裁判官 | さいばんかん saibankan | judge |
| 星屑 | ほしくず hoshikuzu | (countless) stars in the night sky |
| 藻屑 | もくず mokuzu | scraps of seaweed |
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.