Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2
JLPT level: N1
1794 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 2
Meaning: sword, saber, knife
Kunyomi: かたな そり
Onyomi: トウ
Radical: 刀
Reading: かたな
Meaning: knife, sword
Strokes: 2
刀剣（とうけん） swords
刀身（とうしん） sword blade
名刀（めいとう） famous sword, excellent sword
短刀（たんとう） short sword, dagger, dirk
日本刀（にほんとう） Japanese sword
刀（かたな） sword, blade
小刀（こがたな） small knife, short sword
刀 （カタナ） sword (esp. Japanese single-edged), katana, scalpel, chisel, burin, graver, knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
刀剣 （トウケン） sword, dagger, knife, bayonet
小刀 （コガタナ） (small) knife, short sword, small sword
太刀 （タチ） long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai), large sword, straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier), guandao, Chinese glaive
刀 （かたな） sword (esp. Japanese single-edged), katana, scalpel, chisel, burin, graver, knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
刀折れ矢尽きて （かたなおれやつきて） having exhausted every available means, having broken one's sword and exhausted one's arrows
一刀 （いっとう） sword, blade, single stroke
返す刀 （かえすかたな） attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another
剃刀 （かみそり） razor
オッカムの剃刀 （オッカムのかみそり） Occam's razor, Ockham's razor
Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2
JLPT level: N1
1794 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 2
Meaning: sword, saber, knife
Kunyomi: かたな そり
Onyomi: トウ
Radical: 刀
Reading: かたな
Meaning: knife, sword
Strokes: 2
刀剣（とうけん） swords
刀身（とうしん） sword blade
名刀（めいとう） famous sword, excellent sword
短刀（たんとう） short sword, dagger, dirk
日本刀（にほんとう） Japanese sword
刀（かたな） sword, blade
小刀（こがたな） small knife, short sword
刀 （カタナ） sword (esp. Japanese single-edged), katana, scalpel, chisel, burin, graver, knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
刀剣 （トウケン） sword, dagger, knife, bayonet
小刀 （コガタナ） (small) knife, short sword, small sword
太刀 （タチ） long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai), large sword, straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier), guandao, Chinese glaive
刀 （かたな） sword (esp. Japanese single-edged), katana, scalpel, chisel, burin, graver, knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
刀折れ矢尽きて （かたなおれやつきて） having exhausted every available means, having broken one's sword and exhausted one's arrows
一刀 （いっとう） sword, blade, single stroke
返す刀 （かえすかたな） attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another
剃刀 （かみそり） razor
オッカムの剃刀 （オッカムのかみそり） Occam's razor, Ockham's razor