Japanese symbol for “sacrificing”
切り捨て
きりすて
Romaji: kirisute
cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; treating as sword fodder
In Japanese, sacrificing is 切り捨て, read きりすて (kirisute).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; treating as sword fodder
- n omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation
Written forms: 切り捨て、切捨て、斬り捨て、斬捨て. Readings: きりすて.
Kanji and stroke order
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 |
| 使い捨て | つかいすて tsukaisute | throwaway; disposable; single-use |
| 捨てる | すてる suteru | to throw away; to cast away; to dump |
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.
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