Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons

刃: blade, sword

Also: edge

JLPT N13 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

刀 carries the meaning · 丶 is drawn in

3 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

はha · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 刃はedge (of a knife or sword); blade
  • 刃物はものedged tool; cutting instrument; knife
  • 刃渡りはわたりlength of a blade
  • 出刃でばbroad-bladed kitchen knife (for dressing…
  • 刃先はさきedge of blade

Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.

  • 両刃もろはdouble-edged (e.g. sword blade)

Also read ジン, ニン, やいば, きる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Imagine the gleaming edge of a samurai's katana! This character captures the curve and the sharpness of a blade.”
More in the 刀 sword story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
刀

Also built on sword (刀)

All 9
丶

Also built on dot (丶)

All 20

刃 gives its sound to

The family reading is ニン (nin). Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read ジン

14 kanji share this on'yomiAll 14

Also read ニン

7 kanji share this on'yomi
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · rèn

Same form: 刃 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
刃 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
刃 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin rèn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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