Japanese symbol for “cutler”

刃物師

はものし

Romaji: hamonoshi

cutler

In Japanese, cutler is 刃物師, read はものし (hamonoshi).

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Meanings

n cutler

Kanji and stroke order

刃

blade, sword, edge

on: ジン、ニン
kun: は、やいば、き.る

3 strokes · JLPT 1

物

thing, object, matter

on: ブツ、モツ
kun: もの、もの-

8 strokes · JLPT 3

師

expert, teacher, master

on: シ
kun: いくさ

10 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
刃物	はもの hamono	edged tool; cutting instrument; knife
刃先	はさき hasaki	edge of blade
刃渡り	はわたり hawatari	length of a blade
刃傷	にんじょう ninjou	bloodshed
出刃	でば deba	broad-bladed kitchen knife (for dressing fish)
諸刃	もろは moroha	double-edged (e.g. sword blade); double-beveled (e.g. kitchen knife)
動物	どうぶつ doubutsu	animal
人物	じんぶつ jinbutsu	person; character; figure
教師	きょうし kyoushi	teacher; instructor

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