刃 — kanji meaning “blade”
刃
blade, sword, edge
- Meanings
- blade, sword, edge
- On'yomi
- ジン (jin)、ニン (nin)
- Kun'yomi
- は、やいば、き.る
- Name readings
- ち、と
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1763 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 18
- Chinese reading
- rèn — Chinese character page
Words with 刃
| 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) |
| 自刃 | じじん jijin | suicide by the sword |
| 白刃 | はくじん hakujin | drawn sword; naked sword |
| 片刃 | かたば kataba | single edge (e.g. sword blade); single bevel (e.g. kitchen knife) |
| 出刃包丁 | でばぼうちょう debabouchou | broad-bladed kitchen knife (for dressing fish); deba knife |
| 付け焼刃 | つけやきば tsukeyakiba | affectation; pretension; thin veneer |
| 薄刃 | うすば usuba | thin (blade) |
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