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The Kanji Map

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: は, やいば, き.る

Onyomi: ジン, ニン

Composition: 刀 丶

刃

Radical

Radical: 刀

Meaning: knife, sword

Reading: かたな

Frequency: 377

Alternative forms:

刂(alt radical position tsukuri)

刀

Examples

Onyomi Examples

兵刃 (ヘイジン) sword blade

刀刃 (トウジン) sword blade

刃傷 (ニンジョウ) bloodshed

刃傷沙汰 (ニンジョウザタ) bloodshed

Kunyomi Examples

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

鋼 (はがね) steel, sword steel, sword

諸刃 (もろは) double-edged (e.g. sword blade), double-beveled (e.g. kitchen knife), double-edged blade

抜き刃 (ぬきは) die blade, cutting die

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

刃を交える (やいばをまじえる) to cross swords (with)

鬼滅の刃 (きめつのやいば) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (manga, anime)

氷の刃 (こおりのやいば) gleaming sword

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