音読み: ガイ
訓読み: かる
画数: 4
部首: りっとう（刂）
Meaning
Reap / Cut / Clip / Trim / Harvest
- Basic forms
- 刈る — cut; mow; reap / base form
- 刈ります — cuts; mows / masu form
- 刈った — cut; mowed / ta form
- 刈って — cutting … / te form
- 刈らない — do not cut / negative
- 刈れば — if (one) cuts / conditional
- Common expressions
- 草を刈る — cut grass
- 稲を刈る — reap rice
- 芝生を刈る — mow the lawn
- More
- 刈られる — be cut; be mowed / passive
- 刈っている — is cutting; is mowing / state
刈る（かる） is a godan transitive verb. It refers to cutting plants such as grass or crops, often with tools like sickles or mowers.
- 刈る — to reap; to cut; to clip; to trim
- 刈り取る — to reap; to harvest; to cut off
- 刈り入れ — reaping; harvest
- 芝刈り — lawn mowing
- 稲刈り — rice harvesting
- 刈り込み — clipping; pruning; trimming
- 刈り上げ — undercut (hairstyle); shaving up
刈 belongs to the 刀／刂 “blade” set and centers on the idea of cutting down vegetation: mowing grass, trimming, or harvesting crops. That is why common phrases pair it with rice (稲刈り) or lawns (芝刈り). In compounds like 刈り取る, the nuance is “to cut and remove” — a clean, deliberate action.