Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1763 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 3

Meaning: blade, sword, edge

Kunyomi: やいば き.る

Onyomi: ジン ニン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: knife, sword

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ヘイジン sword blade

トウジン sword blade

ニンジョウ bloodshed

傷沙汰 ニンジョウザタ bloodshed

Kunyomi Examples

edge (of a knife or sword), prong (of an electrical plug)

はがね steel, sword steel, sword

もろは double-edged, double-edged blade

抜き ぬきは die blade, cutting die

やいば blade, sword, forged blade, wavy pattern on forged blades, sharpness, unhulled rice

を交える やいばをまじえる to cross swords (with)

氷の こおりのやいば gleaming sword