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刀 kanji
sword, saber, knife
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 2
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
トウ
Kun readings
かたなそり
Variant forms
刂釖Words with 刀
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —刀刃sword blade
- —刀礼sword salute
- —抜刀drawing a sword; drawn sword
- —両刀two swords; being skilled in two fields; (an) expert in two fields; liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well; bisexual (person)
- —佩刀wearing a sword; sword one is wearing
- —剪刀scissors (esp. surgical scissors)
- —刀背back of a sword
- —木刀wooden sword
- —名刀famous sword; excellent sword
- —帯刀wearing a sword
- —鈍刀dull or blunt sword
- —新刀newly forged sword; sword made after the year 1615
- —宝刀treasured sword
- —銘刀sword inscribed with the name of the swordsmith
- —牛刀chef's knife
- —利刀sharp sword
- —忍刀Ninja sword
- —入刀cutting the cake (at a wedding)
- —萬刀ninja weapon disguised as a pair of garden shears
- —立刀kanji "sword" radical at right (radical 18)