刀 — sword, blade, knife
かたな
刀
sword
Grade 2
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
2 strokes
U+5200
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #1794
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #83
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Radical #18
刂
Meanings
- sword
- blade
- knife
Readings
- On'yomi
- とう tou
- Kun'yomi
- かたな katana そり sori
word
かたな katana Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.
Appears in idioms
Components
Atomic component This kanji has no further breakdown — it's a primitive building block used to compose others.