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刀
刀 stroke order
sword
saber
knife
Component Radicals
3-1-1
Jōyō 2
JLPT 1
KKD 3642
Tuttle 81
トウ
かたな
そり
名
き
ち
と
わき
Related Kanji
釖
釼
刃
剣
刄
劍
剱
劒
劔
刂
Word/Phrase Reading Meaning
刀 かたな とう
  • (single-edged) sword
  • katana
    		•
    太刀 大刀 たち だいとう
  • long sword
    		•
    日本刀 にほんとう
  • Japanese sword
    		•
    太刀打ち たちうち
  • crossing swords
  • opposition
  • contention
    		•
    宝刀 ほうとう
  • treasured sword
    		•
    刀剣 とうけん
  • sword
  • dagger
  • knife
    		•
    竹刀 しない
  • bamboo sword (for kendo)
  • bamboo fencing stick
    		•
    木刀 ぼくとう ぼくっとう ぼくた きがたな
  • wooden sword
    		•
    一刀両断 いっとうりょうだん
  • cutting in two with a single stroke
  • taking decisive (drastic) measure
  • cutting the (Gordian) knot
    		•
    小刀 こがたな しょうとう
  • small knife
  • short sword
    		•
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    Contents sourced from JMDict, JMNDict, KANJIDIC, Copyright © 2000-2015 EDRDG, compiled by Jim Breen, et. al. at Monash University; used under license. Radical decomposition from kradfile and kradfile2, Copyright © 2001-2012 KanjiCafe and EDRDG, compiled by Jim Rose, et. al., used under license. The System of Kanji Indexing by Patterns (SKIP) codes were developed by Jack Halpern. Copyright © 1990-2015 Jack Halpern, used under license. Stroke order diagrams generated from KanjiVG dataset, Copyright © 2009-2015 Ulrich Apel, used under license. Morphological Analysis via MeCab, Copyright © 2001-2012 Taku Kudo, © 2004-2008 Nippon Telephone and Telegraph. Adobe Kozuka Gothic Pro, Copyright © 1993-2011 Adobe Systems, Inc. M+ Fonts, Copyright © 2003-2014 Coji Morishita