Jisho

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5 strokes
Radical:
arrow
Parts:
dart, arrow
Kun:
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N1
1294 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 矢状 【シジョウ】 sagittal
  • 矢状縫合 【シジョウホウゴウ】 sagittal suture
  • 弓矢 【ユミヤ】 bow and arrow, weapon, arms
  • 嚆矢 【コウシ】 whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle, start (e.g. of a movement), beginning, dawn

Kun reading compounds

  • 矢 【や】 arrow, wedge, chock
  • 矢先 【やさき】 arrowhead, target of a flying arrow, brunt (of an attack), the very moment (when), the point (of doing)
  • 弓矢 【ゆみや】 bow and arrow, weapon, arms
  • 洗い矢 【あらいや】 ramrod, cleaning rod

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi3
Korean:
si

Spanish

  • flecha

Portuguese

  • dardo
  • flecha

French

  • fléchette
  • flèche
145 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
981 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1092 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3168 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1335 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1566 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
215 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
213 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
213 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
593 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1393 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2502 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1267 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1733 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1228 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23929 Morohashi
2009 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3976 New Nelson (John Haig)
1220 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1305 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
110 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2363 2001 Kanji
0a5.19 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-3 SKIP code
4-5-4 SKIP code
8043.0 Four corner code
1-44-80 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
77e2 Unicode hex code

3 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
Variants:
blade, sword, edge
Kun:
やいばき.る
On:
ジンニン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1763 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 兵刃 【ヘイジン】 sword blade
  • 刀刃 【トウジン】 sword blade
  • 刃傷 【ニンジョウ】 bloodshed
  • 刃傷沙汰 【ニンジョウザタ】 bloodshed

Kun reading compounds

  • 刃 【は】 edge (of a knife or sword), blade, prong (of an electrical plug)
  • 鋼 【はがね】 steel, sword steel, sword
  • 諸刃 【もろは】 double-edged (e.g. sword blade), double-beveled (e.g. kitchen knife), double-edged blade
  • 抜き刃 【ぬきは】 die blade, cutting die
  • 刃 【やいば】 blade, sword, forged blade, wavy pattern on forged blades, sharpness, unhulled rice
  • 刃を交える 【やいばをまじえる】 to cross swords (with)
  • 鬼滅の刃 【きめつのやいば】 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (manga, anime)
  • 氷の刃 【こおりのやいば】 gleaming sword

Readings

Japanese names:
ち、 と
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ren4
Korean:
in

Spanish

  • hoja
  • filo

Portuguese

  • lâmina
  • espada
  • margem

French

  • lame
  • épée
  • fil (épée)
1446 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1526 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
152 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1107 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1089 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1413 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1502 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1774 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
178 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3646 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1860 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2537 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
85 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1850 Morohashi
2929 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
449 New Nelson (John Haig)
84 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
88 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1014 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3545 2001 Kanji
0a3.22 The Kanji Dictionary
3-1-2 SKIP code
4-3-1 SKIP code
1742.0 Four corner code
1732.0 Four corner code
1-31-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5203 Unicode hex code