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    3. 刀

    刀

    刀かたな

    sword

    N1KMT9Freq #1794MilitaryKanji2 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    かたなそり

    On'yomi

    トウ

    Nanori

    きちとわき

    swordsaberknife

    刀

    Stroke 0 / 2

    Speed1.0x

    Alternative forms of this concept

    刂
    ⺈

    Concepts using this kanji

    刀

    sword (esp. Japanese single-edged)

    剃刀

    razor

    日本刀

    Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved)

    太刀打ち

    crossing swords

    宝刀

    treasured sword

    大刀

    (Japanese) long sword

    刀剣

    sword

    竹刀

    bamboo sword (for kendo)

    太刀

    long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana)

    木刀

    wooden sword

    一刀両断

    cutting in two with a single stroke

    一足一刀

    distance in sword combat where approaching one more step allows hitting one's opponent

    刀の手前

    samurai's face

    一太刀

    stroke of sword

    本刀

    Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved)

    三刀流

    wielding three swords

    二の太刀

    second slash

    二刀流

    liking both alcohol and sweets

    大太刀

    extra-long sword

    生大刀

    sword brimming over with life force

    両刀使い

    double-sword fencing

    手刀を切る

    to make a ceremonial hand movement when receiving the monetary award

    山刀

    woodman's hatchet

    太刀先

    point of a sword

    小太刀

    short sword

    手刀

    hand used like a sword in striking

    作刀

    making a (Japanese) sword

    刀子

    small knife that is largely ornamental or used to cut open letters and the like

    殺人刀

    (killing) sword

    刀自

    lady

    入刀

    cutting the cake (at a wedding)

    木太刀

    wooden sword

    太刀打ちできる

    to be a good match (for)

    太刀持ち

    sword-bearer (subordinate whose job it is to hold their master's sword)

    受け太刀

    being on the defensive

    長太刀

    ancient longsword

    名刀

    famous sword

    太刀取り

    person in charge of beheading (concluding a seppuku)

    利刀

    sharp sword

    小刀細工

    carving with a knife

    野太刀

    extra-long sword

    刀下

    under the sword

    両刀

    two swords

    刀を打つ

    to temper a sword

    打刀

    katana (sword worn on the hip edge up by samurai)

    立刀

    kanji "sword" radical at right (radical 18)

    母刀自

    mother

    刀持ち

    swordbearer

    刀工

    swordsmith

    長刀

    long sword

    軍刀

    military sword

    助太刀

    assistance (in a fight)

    新刀

    newly forged sword

    居合刀

    practice sword used in iaido

    長刀一枝

    one long sword

    直刀

    straight sword

    足刀

    outer edge of the foot (from little toe to heel) (karate)

    環頭大刀

    sword with a round pommel

    古刀

    old sword

    太刀音

    sound of a sword cutting or clashing

    一刀

    sword

    小刀

    (small) knife

    押っ取り刀

    making great haste, having been caught off guard

    太刀さばき

    swordplay

    刀身

    knife blade

    刀術

    fencing

    護身刀

    sword used for self-defense

    守り刀

    sword for self-defense

    天下の宝刀

    one's last resort

    刀を差す

    to wear a sword

    抜刀術

    art of sword drawing

    銃刀法

    Act for Controlling the Possession of Firearms or Swords and Other Such Weapons

    太刀二腰

    two swords

    単刀

    (only) one sword

    太刀筋

    swordsmanship

    刀室

    scabbard

    刀伊

    Jurchen pirate tribe who invaded Tsushima in 1019

    伝家の宝刀

    one's last resort

    模造刀

    metal fake sword (esp. one that greatly resembles a real sword)

    長柄刀

    long, two-handed sword

    一刀彫り

    one-knife carving

    印刀

    seal-engraving knife

    執刀医

    surgeon

    廃刀令

    sword prohibition

    返す刀

    attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another

    円刃刀

    round-edged scalpel

    太刀袋

    long sword cloth bag

    鉄刀

    steel sword

    帯刀

    wearing a sword

    刀を帯びる

    to wear a sword

    曲刀

    curved sword (e.g. a scimitar, shamshir, etc.)

    洋刀

    sabre

    刀背

    back of a sword

    伝家の宝刀を抜く

    to employ one's secret weapon

    抜刀

    drawing a sword

    忍者刀

    ninja sword

    鳥頭の太刀

    long sword with birds' heads carved on the pommel

    刀剣商

    sword dealer

    刀布

    bronze currency of ancient China (both spade-shaped coins and knife coins)

    血刀

    bloody sword (blade)

    太刀魚

    largehead hairtail (Trichiurus lepturus)

    刀創

    sword wound

    愛刀

    favorite sword

    儀刀

    ceremonial sword

    飾太刀

    mock sword for ceremonial use

    安全剃刀

    safety razor

    刀傷

    sword wound

    秋刀魚は目黒に限る

    Pacific saury is only good if it's from Meguro

    快刀

    sharp sword

    刀圭家

    doctor

    秋刀魚

    Pacific saury (Cololabis saira)

    石馬刀貝

    date shell (Lithophaga curta)

    儀礼刀

    ceremonial sword

    刺刀

    dagger

    刀礼

    sword salute

    納刀

    sheathing a sword

    苗字帯刀

    right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period)

    牛刀

    chef's knife

    刀銭

    knife money

    帯刀御免

    a non-samurai being granted the privilege of wearing a sword (during the Edo period)

    畑刀

    peasant's sword

    快刀乱麻を断つ

    to cut the Gordian knot

    快刀乱麻

    solving a problem swiftly and skillfully

    彫刻刀

    chisel

    偃月刀

    scimitar

    刀掛け

    sword rack

    蕨手刀

    type of iron sword with curved pommel (Nara period)

    菜刀

    vegetable knife

    刀折れ矢尽きて

    having exhausted every available means

    刀折れ矢尽きる

    to exhaust all one's options

    単刀直入

    straight to the point

    剃刀気触れ

    razor burn

    腰刀

    short guardless sword worn on the hip

    刀筆の吏

    minor official

    銘刀

    sword inscribed with the name of the swordsmith

    刀架

    sword rack

    剃刀研ぎ

    one who sharpens razors

    刀刃

    sword blade

    割鶏牛刀

    using a meat ax when a knife would suffice

    忍び刀

    ninja sword

    忍刀

    Ninja sword

    黒太刀魳

    snake mackerel (Gempylus serpens)

    刀匠

    swordsmith

    刀圭

    medicine

    模擬刀

    practice sword

    錆刀

    sword with rusted edge

    鈍刀

    dull or blunt sword

    斬馬刀

    zanbatō

    刀狩

    sword hunt

    薙刀術

    art of using a naginata

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    • 刀
    • 蛮刀
    • 畑刀
    • 錆刀
    • 長刀
    • 返す刀
    • 一足一刀
    • 愛刀
    • 三刀流
    • 飾太刀
    • 忍者刀
    • 環頭大刀
    • 秋刀魚は目黒に限る
    • 二の太刀
    • 本刀
    • 単刀
    • 太刀取り
    • 鉄刀
    • 太刀音
    • 菜刀
    • 大刀

    is_used_in

    • 一刀
    • 一刀彫り
    • 一刀両断
    • 印刀
    • 円刃刀
    • 快刀
    • 快刀乱麻
    • 懐刀
    • 儀刀
    • 軍刀
    • 古刀
    • 山刀
    • 助太刀
    • 小刀
    • 執刀
    • 秋刀魚
    • 太刀
    • 太刀打ち
    • 単刀直入
    • 竹刀
    • 短刀
    • 彫刻刀
    • 直刀
    • 剃刀
    • 剃刀研ぎ
    • 剃刀気触れ
    • 剃刀砥
    • 抜刀
    • 刀
    • 刀の手前
    • 刀下
    • 刀架
    • 刀圭
    • 刀圭家
    • 刀剣
    • 刀剣商
    • 刀工
    • 刀痕
    • 刀持ち
    • 刀自
    • 刀術
    • 刀匠
    • 刀身
    • 刀刃
    • 刀鍛冶
    • 刀筆の吏
    • 刀礼
    • 刀傷
    • 薙刀
    • 日本刀
    • 両刀
    • 佩刀
    • 偃月刀
    • 剪刀
    • 刀背
    • 刀掛け
    • 両刀使い
    • 木刀
    • 守り刀
    • 名刀
    • 帯刀
    • 受け太刀
    • 鈍刀
    • 新刀
    • 二刀流
    • 小刀細工
    • 宝刀
    • 銘刀
    • 太刀先
    • 太刀持ち
    • 太刀魚
    • 太刀筋
    • 木太刀
    • 腰刀
    • 牛刀
    • 刀を打つ
    • 刀を差す
    • 太刀二腰
    • 長刀一枝
    • 手刀
    • 刀を帯びる
    • 利刀
    • 太刀さばき
    • 血刀
    • 安全剃刀
    • 一太刀
    • 快刀乱麻を断つ
    • 長柄刀
    • 野太刀
    • 長太刀
    • 薙刀術
    • 斬馬刀
    • 廃刀令
    • 小太刀
    • 忍び刀
    • 手刀を切る
    • 忍刀
    • 弓馬刀槍
    • 割鶏牛刀
    • 帯刀御免
    • 苗字帯刀
    • 押っ取り刀
    • 刺刀
    • 萬刀
    • 入刀
    • 刀折れ矢尽きて
    • 伝家の宝刀を抜く
    • 銃砲刀剣類所持等取締法
    • 銃刀法
    • 立刀
    • 刀子
    • オッカムの剃刀
    • ハンロンの剃刀
    • 刀銭
    • 刀布
    • 生大刀
    • 納刀
    • 刀折れ矢尽きる
    • 打刀
    • 妖刀
    • 護身刀
    • 曲刀
    • 模造刀
    • 儀礼刀
    • 模擬刀
    • 居合刀
    • 抜刀術
    • 母刀自
    • 太刀袋
    • 刀伊
    • 刀尖
    • 刀室
    • 刀禰
    • 洋刀
    • 石馬刀貝
    • 足刀
    • 殺人刀
    • 大太刀
    • 鳥頭の太刀
    • 弓は袋に太刀は鞘
    • 太刀打ちできる
    • 蕨手刀
    • 作刀
    • 伝家の宝刀
    • 天下の宝刀
    • 黒太刀魳
    • 刀創
    • 刀狩
    • 執刀医

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