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.

     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。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     一春违其农，二夏食其谷，三秋取其刈，四冬冻其葆。 [Classical Chinese, 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.

     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。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     时雨既至，挟其枪、刈、耨、镈，以旦暮从事于田野。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Guoyu, circa 4^th century BCE

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

     When the timely seasonal rain is just come, 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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