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刀 — 2 strokes ／ Radical「刀」

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9Elementary year 2 ／ 2 strokes ／ Radical「刀」
On
トウとう · tō
Kun
かたなkatana
Meaning
sword, blade

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A drawing of a blade — you can see its curved edge.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onトウとうtō刀剣とうけん短刀たんとう名刀めいとう
Kunかたなkatana刀かたな

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 日本刀にほんとう

    Japanese sword

  • 短刀たんとう

    short sword, dagger

More words with this kanji

  • 刀圭とうけい
  • 剃刀かみそり
  • 薙刀なぎなた
  • 佩刀はいとう
  • 刀瘢とうはん
  • 刀の柄かたなのつか

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

刀(かたな)は するどいです。

The blade is sharp.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 刀Map of reading トウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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