edged tool; cutting instrument; knife
General term for bladed tools and weapons, including knives, swords, scissors, and chisels. Often used in warnings, regulations, and news about bladed objects.
I saw someone carrying a knife at the station.
We do not sell edged tools at this store.
A man carrying a knife was caught at the station.
He was arrested on suspicion of stabbing the victim with a knife.
The man waved a knife around and threatened those nearby.
The robber held a knife to the clerk and demanded money.
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.
鈍器 is a blunt instrument used to strike or bludgeon, the opposite of 刃物, which cuts via a sharpened edge.
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.
Used because 刃物 (bladed tools like knives) are long, slender objects with a blade and handle.
Standard kanji spelling; high frequency in news and general use.
Search-only kanji form; not a standard spelling.
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.