刈る
かる · karu · JLPT N3 · verb-godan
to mow
✂️🌾 刈 = 乂 crossed blades + 刂 knife radical; karu sounds like carve
The kanji is built from 乂, two strokes crossing like shear blades, plus 刂, the side-form of 刀 (knife). Read it as blades plus knife, cutting low and wide. The sound karu is close to carve, and you carve a field when you mow or harvest it.