Usage patterns 刃は 物もの を 持も つ to carry/hold a bladed weapon
A man carrying a knife was caught at the station.
刃は 物もの で 〈 人ひと 〉 を 刺さ す to stab someone with a blade
He was arrested on suspicion of stabbing the victim with a knife.
刃は 物もの を 振ふ り 回まわ す to wave a blade around threateningly
The man waved a knife around and threatened those nearby.
刃は 物もの を 突つ きつける to hold a blade to someone (in a threat)
The robber held a knife to the clerk and demanded money.
Related words ナイフ names a specific knife (table or pocket knife), while 刃物 is the broader category covering all kinds of bladed tools and weapons.
刀 refers specifically to a sword, whereas 刃物 is a much wider term that includes swords, knives, scissors, and chisels.
凶器 is a weapon used to harm someone (can be any object, blade or not), while 刃物 specifically denotes bladed tools regardless of criminal use.
刃物 refers to a bladed tool or implement as a whole, while 刃 names just the sharpened cutting edge itself.
Don't confuse with 刃 refers only to the blade edge itself, while 刃物 refers to the whole tool or weapon that has a blade.
刃物 refers to edged tools or weapons like knives and swords, whereas 鈍器 has no cutting edge and causes damage through blunt impact.
刃物 refers specifically to blades or cutting tools (knives, swords), whereas 凶器 is a broader legal term for any object used to injure or kill, which may or may not be a blade.
Written forms 刃は 物もの Usage 100%
Standard kanji spelling; high frequency in news and general use.
刃は もの Usage <1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not a standard spelling.
Etymology Compound of 刃 (ha, 'blade') and 物 (mono, 'thing'). The reading はもの is a straightforward combination of the kun'yomi readings of the two kanji.
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