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Kotomora

刃

blade, sword, edge

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes3

Readings

On'yomi

  • ジン
  • ニン

Kun'yomi

  • は
  • やいば
  • き.る

Nanori

  • ち
  • と

Meaning

刃 centers on the sharp cutting part of a tool or weapon: the blade, edge, or sword itself.

Most common words using 刃

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  • 刃は
    N1

    edge (of a knife or sword); blade

  • 刃物はもの

    edged tool; cutting instrument; knife

  • 諸刃もろは

    double-edged (e.g. sword blade); double-beveled (e.g. kitchen knife)

  • 片刃かたば

    single edge (e.g. sword blade); single bevel (e.g. kitchen knife)

  • 刃先はさき

    edge of blade

  • 自刃じじん

    suicide by the sword

  • 白刃はくじん

    drawn sword; naked sword

  • 刃渡りはわたり

    length of a blade

  • 付け焼刃つけやきば

    affectation; pretension; thin veneer; hasty preparation; stopgap (measure); superficial (polish, knowledge)

  • 刃傷にんじょう

    bloodshed

  • 出刃包丁でばぼうちょう

    broad-bladed kitchen knife (for dressing fish); deba knife

  • 出刃でば

    broad-bladed kitchen knife (for dressing fish)

  • 柳刃包丁やなぎばぼうちょう

    kitchen knife for sashimi

  • グラップラー刃牙グラップラーバキ

    Baki the Grappler (manga and media franchise)

  • 両刃鋸りょうばのこぎり

    double-edged saw

  • 兵刃へいじん

    sword blade

  • 円刃刀えんじんとう

    round-edged scalpel

  • 凶刃きょうじん

    assassin's dagger

  • 刀刃とうじん

    sword blade

  • 刃やいば

    blade; sword

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Etymology

刃 is derived from 刀 (sword) with an added mark indicating the blade's cutting edge.

Meaning mnemonic

The outer shape is a sword 刀, and the small inner mark points to its sharp edge. 刃 is the blade.

Reading mnemonic

For ジン, imagine a blade so sharp it could cut through a jean jacket: jean -> ジン, and the blade slices cleanly.