刈

刈 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 大中弓 (KLN), four-corner 4200₀, composition ⿰乂刂)

1. cut off, reap, mow
2. sickle

• 苅

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 136, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1859
• Dae Jaweon: page 307, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 323, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5208

Originally written as 乂. Now phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋads) and ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): phonetic 乂 (OC *ŋads, “to mow”) + semantic 刂 (“knife”). The phonetic component originally indicates a sickle, hence it also adds part of the meaning.

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-ŋa-p (“to mow, cut, reap”) (STEDT, Schuessler, 2007).

Cognate with Tibetan རྔ་བ (rnga ba), བརྔས (brngas), and colloquial Western Tibetan རྔབ་བ (rngab ba), which Coblin (1986) and STEDT treat as more conservative.

刈

1. to mow; to cut; to weed

   • 葛之覃兮、施于中谷。
     維葉莫莫、是刈是濩。
     為絺為綌、服之無斁。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     葛之覃兮、施于中谷。
     维叶莫莫、是刈是濩。
     为𫄨为绤、服之无𭣧。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Gě zhī tán xī, shī yú zhōnggǔ.
     Wéi yè mòmò, shì yì shì huò.
     Wèi chī wèi xì, fú zhī wúyì. [Pinyin]

     How the dolichos spread itself out, extending to the middle of the valley!
     Its leaves were luxuriant and dense. I cut it and I boiled it,
     And made both fine cloth and coarse, which I will wear without getting tired of it.

2. (obsolete) crops that have been cut

   • 一春違其農，二夏食其穀，三秋取其刈，四冬凍其葆。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     一春违其农，二夏食其谷，三秋取其刈，四冬冻其葆。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Lost Book of Zhou, circa 4^th – 1^st centuries BCE

     Yī chūn wéi qí nóng, èr xià shí qí gǔ, sān qiū qǔ qí yì, sì dōng dòng qí bǎo. [Pinyin]

     First, in spring encircle their farmlands; second, in summer eat their provisions; third, in autumn seize their harvests / crops, in winter expose their stores.

3. (literary) sickle

   • 時雨既至，挾其槍、刈、耨、鎛，以旦暮從事於田野。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     时雨既至，挟其枪、刈、耨、镈，以旦暮从事于田野。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Guoyu, circa 4^th century BCE

     Shíyǔ jì zhì, xié qí qiāng, yì, nòu, bó, yǐ dànmù cóngshì yú tiányě. [Pinyin]

     When the timely seasonal rain is just come, [they farmers] clasp their stakes, sickles, weeders, and hoes to work from dawn to dusk in the fields.

4. (literary) to kill; to chop; to lop
5. (literary) to eradicate; to eliminate
6. a surname

(Jōyō kanji)

1. reap, cut (grass or other plants), prune

• Go-on: げ (ge)
• Kan-on: がい (gai)
• On: かい (kai)
• Kun: かる (karu, 刈る, Jōyō)
• Nanori: かっ (ka')

刈 (eumhun 깍을 예 (kkageul ye))

1. hanja form^? of 예 (“to mow”)

• 예초기 (刈草機, yechogi, “grass mower”)

刈: Hán Nôm readings: ngãi

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