Japanese symbol for “reaping”

刈り取り

かりとり

Romaji: karitori

harvesting; reaping

In Japanese, reaping is 刈り取り, read かりとり (karitori).

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Meanings

n harvesting; reaping

Kanji and stroke order

刈

reap, cut, clip

on: ガイ、カイ
kun: か.る

4 strokes · JLPT 1

取

take, fetch, take up

on: シュ
kun: と.る、と.り、と.り-、とり

8 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
刈る	かる karu	to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip
稲刈り	いねかり inekari	rice reaping; rice harvesting
丸刈り	まるがり marugari	buzz cut; close crop
刈り取る	かりとる karitoru	to mow; to reap; to harvest
草刈り	くさかり kusakari	mowing; mower
刈り込む	かりこむ karikomu	to prune; to trim; to cut back
取引	とりひき torihiki	transactions; dealings; business
買取	かいとり kaitori	purchase; buying; buying out

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.