Jisho

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2 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
Variants:
sword, saber, knife
Kun:
かたなそり
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N1
1794 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 刀 【カタナ】 sword (esp. Japanese single-edged), katana, scalpel, chisel, burin, graver, knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
  • 刀剣 【トウケン】 sword, dagger, knife, bayonet
  • 小刀 【コガタナ】 (small) knife, short sword, small sword
  • 大刀 【ダイトウ】 (Japanese) long sword, large sword, guandao, Chinese glaive

Kun reading compounds

  • 刀 【かたな】 sword (esp. Japanese single-edged), katana, scalpel, chisel, burin, graver, knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
  • 刀折れ矢尽きて 【かたなおれやつきて】 having exhausted every available means, having broken one's sword and exhausted one's arrows
  • 一刀 【いっとう】 sword, blade, single stroke
  • 返す刀 【かえすかたな】 attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another
  • 剃刀 【かみそり】 razor
  • オッカムの剃刀 【オッカムのかみそり】 Occam's razor, Ockham's razor

Readings

Japanese names:
き、 ち、 と、 わき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dao1
Korean:
do

Spanish

  • espada

Portuguese

  • espada
  • sabre
  • faca

French

  • épée
  • sabre
  • couteau
289 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
198 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
181 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1494 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
665 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
34 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1088 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
12 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
37 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
37 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
441 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
177 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3642 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1857 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2534 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
84 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1845 Morohashi
2926 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
448 New Nelson (John Haig)
83 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
87 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
81 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3545 2001 Kanji
2f0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-1-1 SKIP code
4-2-1 SKIP code
1722.0 Four corner code
1-37-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5200 Unicode hex code

17 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
Variants:
forge, discipline, train
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1793 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 鍛錬 【タンレン】 tempering (metal), annealing, forging, toughening, disciplining, training
  • 鍛金 【タンキン】 hammering

Kun reading compounds

  • 鍛える 【きたえる】 to forge, to temper, to drill, to train, to discipline

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
duan4
Korean:
dan

Spanish

  • forjar
  • disciplinar
  • entrenar

Portuguese

  • forjar
  • disciplinar
  • treinar

French

  • former
  • discipliner
  • entraîner
1569 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1733 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4895 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1351 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1855 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2651 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1817 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1966 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1605 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1831 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2206 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1152 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1567 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1877 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40625 Morohashi
1755 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6318 New Nelson (John Haig)
1860 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2004 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1887 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2868 2001 Kanji
8a9.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-9 SKIP code
8714.7 Four corner code
1-35-35 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
935b Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
ice
Parts:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 冶 【ヤ】 melting
  • 冶金 【ヤキン】 metallurgy
  • 艷冶 【エンヤ】 charming, bewitching, coquettish
  • 鍛冶 【カジ】 smithing, blacksmith

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ye3
Korean:
ya

Spanish

  • fundición
  • fundir

Portuguese

French

640 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2024 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1962 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
89 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
58 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
62 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1621 Morohashi
418 New Nelson (John Haig)
2137 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
808 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2b5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-5 SKIP code
3316.0 Four corner code
1-44-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
51b6 Unicode hex code