刃 U+5203, 刃 ← 刂[U+5202] CJK Unified Ideographs 刄 →[U+5204] 刃 U+2F81E, 刃 ← 凵[U+2F81D] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 㓟 →[U+2F81F] Japanese 刃 Simplified 刃 Traditional 刃
Note the compositional differences between Traditional, Simplified, and Japanese Shinjitai in the placement of the additional stroke.
Stroke order
刃 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+1, 3 strokes, Cangjie input 尸竹戈 (SHI), four-corner 17420, composition ⿹刀丿(G) or ⿹刀丶(HTKV) or ⿻刀丶(J))
- 仞, 屻, 㠴, 㣼, 扨, 㲽, 杒, 牣, 肕, 䀔, 刼, 籾, 紉 (纫), 䑒, 衂, 剏, 訒 (讱), 軔 (轫), 釰, 剱, 靭, 韌 (韧), 䵑, 劒
- 刅, 丒, 忍, 岃
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 136, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1850
- Dae Jaweon: page 304, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 320, character 3
- Unihan data for U+5203
- Unihan data for U+2F81E
trad. 刃 simp. # 刃
Ideogram (指事): a 刀 (“knife”) with an emphasis mark on the blade.
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
刃
- blade; knife edge
- sword; knife
- (literary) to kill with a sword or knife
- “刃”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014-
Shinjitai 刃 Kyūjitai[1] 刃󠄁刃+󠄁?(Adobe-Japan1) 刃󠄃刃+󠄃?(Hanyo-Denshi)(Moji_Joho) The displayed kanji may be different from the image due to your environment.See here for details.
(Jōyō kanji)
- Go-on: にん (nin)
- Kan-on: じん (jin, Jōyō)
- Kun: は (ha, 刃, Jōyō)、やいば (yaiba, 刃)
- Nanori: ち (chi)、と (to)
- 刃(にん)傷(じょう) (ninjō)
Kanji in this term 刃 はGrade: S kun’yomi
- (zokuji) 刄
/pa/ → /ɸa/ → /ha/
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *pa.
Cognate with 歯 (ha, “tooth”).[2][3] Possibly also related to 葉 (ha, “leaf”), but the pitch accents do not match. Compare English blade, which also meant “leaf”.
- IPA(key): [ha̠]
- (Tokyo) は [háꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])[3]
刃(は) • (ha)
- any sharp and thin cutting implement: a blade, edge
- 剣(つるぎ)の刃(は)を渡(わた)る (tsurugi no ha o wataru)
Kanji in this term 刃 やいばGrade: S kun’yomi
/jaki ɸa/ → /jakiba/ → /jaĩba/ → /jaiba/
イ音便(おんびん) (i-onbin) form of 焼き刃 (yakiba), a compound of 焼き (yaki, “burned, fired”) + 刃 (ha, “edge, blade”, see above).[2][3] The ha changes to ba as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Compare to つけやきば (tsukeyakiba), where the ki does not undergo the same euphonic change.
First attested in the Taiheiki of the late 1300s.[2]
- IPA(key): [ja̠iba̠]
- (Tokyo) やいば [yáꜜìbà] (Atamadaka – [1])[3]
- (Tokyo) やいば [yàíbá] (Heiban – [0])[3]
刃(やいば) • (yaiba)
- a forged blade, such as a sword
- the wavy pattern formed in the metal on the surface of a forged blade
- a sword or similar edged weapon
- something sharp like a sword
- someone or something powerful
- 笑(しょう)中(ちゅう)に刃(やいば)を研(と)ぐ (shōchū ni yaiba o togu)
- 刃(やいば)に掛(か)かる (yaiba ni kakaru)
- 刃(やいば)に血(ち)塗(ぬ)らず (yaiba ni chi nurazu)
- 刃(やいば)に伏(ふ)す (yaiba ni fusu)
- 刃(やいば)は切(き)れるが重(ちょう)宝(ほう) (yaiba wa kireru ga chōhō, “for a blade, cutting [sharpness] is precious” → the highest value of a tool is its ability to do what it is designed for)
Kanji in this term 刃 じんGrade: S kan’on
From Middle Chinese 刃 (MC nyinH).
- IPA(key): [d͡ʑĩɴ]
- (Tokyo) じん [jíꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[3]
刃(じん) • (jin)
- a blade, edge
- 刃(じん)に伏(ふ)す (jin ni fusu)
- 刃(じん)を迎(むか)えて解(と)く (jin o mukaete toku, “to fall before the blade” → a metaphor for extreme strength or power)
刃(じん) • (jin)
- blade, edge
- bladed object (knife, sword, etc.)
- kill with a bladed object, put to the sword
- “△刃”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015-2026
刃 (eum 인 (in))
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Cognate with 歯 (pa, “tooth”).[1][2] Possibly also related to 葉 (pa, “leaf”). Compare English blade.
刃 (pa) (kana は)
- any sharp and thin cutting implement: a blade, edge
- Japanese: 刃 (ha, yaiba)
- 葉 (“leaf”) entry at Gogen-Allguide (in Japanese)
刃: Hán Nôm readings: nhẫn, nhấn, nhận
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