Kanji

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: hatchet

Kunyomi: なた ほこ

Onyomi: シャ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: metal, gold

Examples

Kunyomi Examples

なた nata, sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)

なたがま billhook

おおなた large sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting

薙刀 なぎなた naginata, polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive), naginata, martial art of wielding the naginata