King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

太刀取り (tachitori)

Romaji: tachitori

Meaning

  1. person in charge of beheading (concluding a seppuku)
  2. executioner; person in charge of beheading
  3. rikishi carrying a sword who follows the yokozuna to the ring during his ring-entering ceremony (sumo)

Kanji and stroke order

plump, thick, big around
on: タイ、タ
kun: ふと.い、ふと.る
4 strokes · JLPT 3
sword, saber, knife
on: トウ
kun: かたな、そり
2 strokes · JLPT 1
take, fetch, take up
on: シュ
kun: と.る、と.り、と.り-、とり
8 strokes · JLPT 2

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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