Kanji N1

刃: blade, sword, edge

刃 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning blade, sword, edge, written with 3 strokes. It is read ジン, ニン (on) and は, やいば, きる (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 刃 (は, edge) and 刃物 (はもの, edged tool).

刃

Meanings

  • blade
  • sword
  • edge
Strokes3
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1763 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ジン
  • ニン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • は
  • やいば
  • きる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 3. Start at the dot.

Common words with 刃

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 刃は

    edge (of a knife or sword); blade

    JLPT N1
  • 刃物はもの

    edged tool; cutting instrument; knife

  • 刃渡りはわたり

    length of a blade

  • 刃先はさき

    edge of blade

  • 出刃でば

    broad-bladed kitchen knife (for dressing fish)

  • 刃傷にんじょう

    bloodshed

  • 柳刃包丁やなぎばぼうちょう

    kitchen knife for sashimi

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.