刃

刃 — blade, sword, edge

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 3
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1763 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: じん jin

にん nin
Kun'yomi: は ha

やいば yaiba

き.る ki.ru

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 刃

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

刃は edge (of a knife or sword) JLPT N1