The kanji 刃: meaning, readings and stroke order
刃
- Meaning
- blade, edge
- On reading
- ジン jin
- Kun reading
- は ha
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 刀 knife, sword
- Level
- Level 9 · senior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- lưỡi dao (nhận)
- Japanese
- は。はものの よく きれる ところ。
- Korean
- 칼날 (인)
- Chinese
- 刀刃
Readings, words and example sentences
ジン jin · on reading · less common
白刃
bare blade, drawn sword
時代劇で 白刃が 光る 場面です。
It is a scene in a samurai drama where a drawn sword flashes.
は ha · kun reading
刃
blade, edge
包丁の 刃が こぼれました。
The blade of the kitchen knife got chipped.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.