切 (qiē, qiè) — Chinese Character

切

qiē, qiè

to cut; to slice; to carve; (math) tangential

Radical: 刀 HSK 4 v, d, g pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

切 decomposes into the following components:

七刀

Semantic component: 刀; phonetic component: 七.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 切.

一切

yī qiè

everything

亲切

qīn qiè

amiable

余切

yú qiē

cotangent (of angle), written cot θ or ctg θ

关切

guān qiè

be deeply concerned

内切

nèi qiē

冷切

lěng qiè

凄切

qī qiè

woeful

切中

qiè zhòng

to hit the target (esp. in argument)

切入

qiē rù

to cut into

切刀

qiē dāo

切切

qiè qiè

urgently

切削

qiē xiāo

Characters that share the radical 刀.

Practice this character with stroke-order training, spaced repetition, and reading passages across all HSK levels.