刃

See also 刄

Translingual

shinjitai	刃
simplified	刃
traditional	刃

Alternative forms

Note the compositional differences between traditional, simplified, and Japanese shinjitai in the placement of the additional stroke.

Han character

刃 (radical 18 刀+1, 3 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹戈 (SHI), four-corner 1742₀, composition ⿹刀丿)

1. edged tool, cutlery, blade, knife edge

Derived characters

• 忍

References

• KangXi: page 136, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1850
• Dae Jaweon: page 304, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 320, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5203

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Cantonese

Hanzi

刃 (Yale yan6)

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Japanese

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Kanji

刃 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: にん (nin)
• Kan’on: じん (jin)
• Kun: は (ha), な (na), やいば (yaiba), (rare) き-る (ki-ru)
• Nanori: ち (chi), と (to)

Etymology 1

From Old Japanese. Likely cognate with Korean 날 (nal, “blade”).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA: /na/, [nä]

Noun

刃 (hiragana な, romaji na)

1. (obsolete) a blade, an edge
   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 4, poem #616)

     剣大刀 名惜雲 吾者無 君尓不相而 年之経去礼者

     つるぎたち なのをしけくも われはなし きみにあはずて としのへぬれば

     tsurugi tachi na no oshikeku mo ware wa nashi kimi ni awazute toshi no enureba

     [Note: tsurugi tachi "swords" is a pillow word establishing a poetic association with the following na which simultaneously means both "name" and "blade", both of which share the same pronunciation.]

Derived terms

• 刀 (かたな, katana)

Etymology 2

From Old Japanese, cognate with 歯 (ha, “tooth”).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA: /ha/, [hä]

Noun

刃 (hiragana は, romaji ha)

1. an edge, a blade

Derived terms

• 刃 (やいば, yaiba): a sword, a blade, particularly one that has been forged

Etymology 3

Originally a compound of 焼き (yaki, “burned, fired”) +‎ 刃 (ha, “edge, blade”). The ha changes to ba due to rendaku (連濁).

/jaki/ + /ha/ > /jakiba/ > /jaiba/

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA: /ja.i.ba/, [jäibä]

Noun

刃 (hiragana やいば, romaji yaiba)

1. a forged blade, such as a sword
2. the wavy pattern formed in the metal on the surface of a forged blade
3. a sword or similar edged weapon
4. something sharp like a sword
5. someone or something powerful

References

• 1999 [c. 759], Akihiro Satake; Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, Yoshiyuki Yamazaki, Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 1: Man'yōshū 1 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-00-240001-8:

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Korean

Hanja

刃 (hangeul 인, revised in, McCune-Reischauer in)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

刃 (pinyin rèn (ren4), Wade-Giles jen⁴)

Compounds

• 刃角

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Middle Chinese

Han character

刃 (njìn)

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Vietnamese

Han character

刃 (nhận, nhẫn, nhấn)