Japanese symbol for “patching”
切り貼り
きりばり
Romaji: kiribari
patching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door)
In Japanese, patching is 切り貼り, read きりばり (kiribari).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt patching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door)
- n, vs, vt cut and paste (comp)
Written forms: 切り貼り、切り張り、切貼り、切張り. Readings: きりばり.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “patching”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 継ぎ | つぎ tsugi | patch; patching |
| 継ぎ接ぎ | つぎはぎ tsugihagi | patching (clothing); darning |
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 |
| 貼付 | ちょうふ choufu | pasting; sticking; attaching |
| 仮貼り | かりばり karibari | temporary pasting |
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.