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刀 = ノ + 𠃌
刀 is a Japanese kanji written with 2 strokes, listed here under the keyword “sword”. It is built from ノ (katakana no) and 𠃌 (clothes hanger). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 87. It appears as a component in 50 other characters in this index.
- Keyword
- sword
- RTK frame
- 87
- Strokes
- 2
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- トウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- かたな, そり
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- dagger, sabre, saber, меч, cutlass, spear, knife
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 刀 knife
Decomposition
Alternative decomposition
Characters that contain 刀
- 刃 blade
- 切 cut
- 召 seduce
- 則 rule
- 副 vice-
- 別 separate
- 削 plane
- 辺 environs
- 前 in front
- 初 first time
- 刺 thorn
- 制 system
- 剖 divide
- 寡 widow
- 拐 kidnap
- 刑 punish
- 到 arrival
- 分 part
- 列 file
- 罰 penalty
- 利 profit
- 刷 printing
- 剥 peel off
- 判 judgment
- 券 ticket
- 班 squad
- 帰 homecoming
- 留 detain
- 貿 trade
- 刈 reap
- 刹 moment
- 刻 engrave
- 割 proportion
- 剰 surplus
- 創 genesis
- 刊 publish
- 剣 saber
- 剤 dose
- 解 unravel
- 那 interrogative
…and 10 more. See them all in the interactive search.
How to find 刀 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “katakana no” + “clothes hanger”. 刀 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 刀 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.