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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
- —彫刻刀chisel; graver
- —刀圭家doctor
- —刀剣商sword dealer
- —偃月刀scimitar
- —二刀流liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes both liquor and sweets; bisexuality; player who can play as both pitcher and fielder; dual sword wielding; two-sword fencing
- —斬馬刀zanbatō; long-handled Chinese anti-cavalry sword
- —廃刀令sword abolishment edict (1876)
- —銃刀法Act for Controlling the Possession of Firearms or Swords and Other Such Weapons
- —護身刀sword used for self-defense
- —模造刀metal fake sword (esp. one that greatly resembles a real sword)
- —儀礼刀ceremonial sword
- —模擬刀practice sword; fake sword
- —抜刀術art of sword drawing
- —殺人刀(killing) sword; blade; steel
- —蕨手刀type of iron sword with curved pommel (Nara period)
- —執刀医surgeon
- —三刀流wielding three swords; player who can play as pitcher, fielder and batter
- —忍者刀ninja sword
- —一刀流Ittō-ryū; school of swordsmanship founded during the early Edo period, from which many later schools branched
- —七支刀shichishitō; Seven-Branched Sword; ancient ceremonial iron sword with six branch-like protrusions kept at Isonokami Shrine