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The kanji 裁: meaning, readings and stroke order
裁
- Meaning
- cut, judge
- On reading
- サイ sai
- Kun reading
- た（つ） tatsu、さば（く） sabaku
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 衣 clothes
- Level
- Level 6 · grade 6
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- cắt (vải), phân xử (tài)
- Japanese
- ぬのを たつ。よしあしを きめる。
- Korean
- 자르다, 판단하다 (재)
- Chinese
- 裁剪、判决
Readings, words and example sentences
サイ sai · on reading
裁判
trial, court case
社会科で 裁判の しくみを 学びます。
In social studies, we learn how trials work.
た（つ） tatsu · kun reading · less common
裁つ
to cut (cloth)
はさみで 布を 裁ちます。
I cut the cloth with scissors.
さば（く） sabaku · kun reading · less common
裁く
to judge
どちらが 正しいか 裁きます。
They judge which side is right.
Practise writing 裁 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 裁 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 6 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.