Japanese dictionary

Dictionary: “刀”

刀

かたな

sword (esp. japanese single-edged); katana

Example sentence

"Practising sword throwing?" "It just slipped out of my hands."

Kanji details

Kun/On information

刀
On
とう
Kun
かたな;そり
Stroke count
2

・sword

・saber

・knife

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Related words to 刀

49 related words

刀剣

とうけん

→

sword;dagger;knife;bayonet

刀礼

とうれい

→

sword salute

刀伊

とい

→

Jurchen pirate tribe who invaded Tsushima in 1019

刀筆の吏

とうひつのり

→

minor official

刀狩

かたながり

→

sword hunt;sword confiscation

刀圭

とうけい

→

medicine;art of medicine;doctor

刀圭家

とうけいか

→

doctor

刀傷

かたなきず

→

sword wound;sword cut

刀術

とうじゅつ

→

fencing;art of wielding swords

刀工

とうこう

→

swordsmith;swordmaker

刀布

とうふ

→

bronze currency of ancient China (both spade-shaped coins and knife coins)

刀架

とうか

→

sword rack

刀を帯びる

とうをおびる

→

to wear a sword

刀匠

とうしょう

→

swordsmith

刀の手前

かたなのてまえ

→

samurai's face

刀尖

とうせん

→

tip of a sword

刀下

とうか

→

under the sword

刀子

とうす

→

small knife that is largely ornamental or used to cut open letters and the like

刀痕

とうこん

→

sword scar

刀室

とうしつ

→

scabbard

刀身

とうしん

→

knife blade;sword blade

刀銭

とうせん

→

knife money

刀を差す

かたなをさす

→

to wear a sword

刀刃

とうじん

→

sword blade

刀折れ矢尽きて

かたなおれやつきて

→

having exhausted every available means

刀掛け

かたなかけ

→

sword rack

刀剣商

とうけんしょう

→

sword dealer

刀創

とうそう

→

sword wound;sword cut

刀背

とうはい

→

back of a sword

刀を打つ

かたなをうつ

→

to temper a sword;to forge a sword

刀自

とじ

→

lady;madame;matron

刀禰

とね

→

priest

刀鍛冶

かたなかじ

→

swordsmith

刀折れ矢尽きる

かたなおれやつきる

→

to exhaust all one's options

刀持ち

かたなもち

→

swordbearer

刀圭

とうけい

→

dispensing spoon

刀禰

とね

→

member of one of the four administrative ranks in the ritsuryō system

刀自

とじ

→

mistress (of a household);housewife

刀禰

とね

→

government official in charge of a town, esp. in Heian Kyoto

刀禰

とね

→

prominent member of a town

刀禰

とね

→

river boatman;captain of a riverboat

刀禰

とね

→

(medieval) harbor manager

刀禰

とね

→

bandit leader;head of a gang of brigands

刀

とう

→

sword (esp. Japanese single-edged);katana

刀泉

とうせん

→

knife money

刀狩り

かたながり

→

sword hunt;sword confiscation

刀子

とうし

→

small knife that is largely ornamental or used to cut open letters and the like

刀自

とうじ

→

lady;madame;matron

刀背

むね

→

back of a sword