Kanji 刀 — "Sword"
Here is what 刀 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Sword" stick.
Also means: Katana
How it is read
とう
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
かたな, そり
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
One and the same — Sword the kanji is identical to its component!
- 刀 Sword
This component is the shape of a pirate sword (cutlass) handle, which has a hand guard at the hilt. This is Sword.
Words that use 刀
2 of 2 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 刀 かたな sword, saber
- 剃刀 かみそり razor
Want 刀 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
