Suffix, Transitive verb, and Godan verb
きる
つぎに、かみをハサミで切ります。
Next, you will cut the paper with your scissors.
いとを切るはさみをさがしています。
I'm looking for thread nippers.
うっかりかみのけをみじかく切りすぎちゃったけど、そのあといぜんよりもよくナンパされるようになった。
Even though I accidentally cut my hair shorter than I intended, more people have been flirting with me since.
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means cut, and the verb form of that is to cut.
When you think to cut something, what do you think about cutting? One thing is cutting down a tree, which is also known as 木, or き. You きる a き.