刀

刀 — sword, saber, knife

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 2
Taught in: School year 2
Frequency: #1794 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: とう tou
Kun'yomi: かたな katana

そり sori

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 刀

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

刀かたな sword (esp. Japanese single-edged) JLPT N3