刃
blade, sword, edge
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
20 of 51- 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
Study
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.