| 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) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N1
1794 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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
- Korean:
- do
Spanish
- espada
Portuguese
- espada
- sabre
- faca
French
- épée
- sabre
- couteau
| 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 |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2133 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 先端 【センタン】 pointed end, tip, point, cusp (of a leaf, crescent moon, etc.), apex (of a curve), forefront, vanguard, spearhead, leading edge
- 先鋭 【センエイ】 radical, acute, sharp
- 肺尖 【ハイセン】 pulmonary apex, apex of a lung
- 刀尖 【トウセン】 tip of a sword
Kun reading compounds
- 尖る 【とがる】 to taper to a point, to become pointed, to become sharp, to be on edge, to be nervous, to be irritable, to be touchy, to be sharp (of a voice, words, etc.), to be harsh, to be angry, to look displeased, to look sour, to be provocative, to be radical, to be rebellious
- 切っ先 【きっさき】 point (of a sword, etc.), pointed verbal attack
- 雛頭 【ひなさき】 slightly protruding part of the front of an eboshi, clitoris
- 鋭い 【するどい】 sharp (knife, claws, etc.), pointed, sharp (pain, tone, etc.), acute, stabbing, cutting (remark, criticism, etc.), stinging, biting, fierce (attack), pointed (question, look, etc.), piercing (gaze), shrill (sound), keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.), acute, sharp (eye, mind, etc.), astute, shrewd, discerning, penetrating (insight, question, etc.), perceptive
Readings
- Korean:
- cheom
Spanish
- puntiagudo
- afilado
- disgustado
- hacerse puntiagudo
- hacerse afilado
Portuguese
French
| 1357 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2700 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1864 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 7480 | Morohashi |
| 2176 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1393 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2903 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2912 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3n3.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 9043.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-77 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5c16 | Unicode hex code |