刃

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

刃 (radical 18, 刀+1, 3 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹戈 (SHI), four-corner 1742₀, composition ⿹刀丿(G) or ⿹刀丶(HTKV) or ⿻刀丶(J))

• 仞 㣼 訒 (讱) 扨 屻 紉 (纫) 韌 (韧) 杒 軔 (轫) 牣 肕 衂 籾 釰 靭 刅 岃 忍 歰 (涩)

• 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
• Unihan data for U+2F81E

Historical forms of the character 刃
Shang	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Chu Slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 刀 (“knife”) + 丶.

刃

1. blade; knife edge
2. sword; knife
3. ^† to kill with a sword or knife

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. blade, edge
2. bladed object (knife, sword, etc.)
3. kill with a bladed object, put to the sword

• Go-on: にん (nin)
• Kan-on: じん (jin, Jōyō)
• Kun: は (ha, 刃, Jōyō); やいば (yaiba, 刃); な (na, 刃); きる (kiru, 刃る)
• Nanori: ち (chi); と (to)

• 刄

/pa/ → /fa/ → /ha/

From Old Japanese.

Cognate with 歯 (ha, “tooth”).[1][2] Possibly also related to 葉 (ha, “leaf”). Compare English blade.

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) は​ [háꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ha̠]

刃 (hiragana は, rōmaji ha)

1. an edge, blade

/jaki pa/ → /jakiba/ → /jaĩba/ → /jaiba/

Shift from 焼き刃 (yakiba), a compound of 焼き (yaki, “burned, fired”) +‎ 刃 (ha, “edge, blade”, see below).[1][2] The ha changes to ba as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) や​いば [yáꜜìbà] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • (Tokyo) やいば [yàíbá] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ja̠iba̠]

刃 (hiragana やいば, rōmaji 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

• 刃 (やいば)に掛 (か)かる (yaiba ni kakaru)
• 刃 (やいば)に伏 (ふ)す (yaiba ni fusu)
• 刃 (やいば)は切 (き)れるが重 (ちょう)宝 (ほう) (yaiba wa kireru ga chōhō): “for a blade, cutting [sharpness] is precious” → the highest value of a tool is its ability to do what it is designed for

From Old Japanese.[1][2] Possibly cognate with Korean 날 (nal, “blade”).

Obsolete in modern Japanese. Only found as an element in compounds.

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [na̠]

刃 (hiragana な, rōmaji na)

1. (obsolete) a blade, edge
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 4, poem 616),[3] text here

     劔 (つるぎ)大 (た)刀 (ち)名 (なの)惜雲 (をしけく)吾 (もわれ)者 (は)無 (なし)君 (きみ)尓 (に)不相 (あはず)而 (て)年 (とし)之 (の)経 (へ)去 (ぬ)礼 (れ)者 (ば) [Man'yōgana]

     剣 (つるぎ)太 (た)刀 (ち)名 (な)の惜 (を)しけくも我 (わ)れはなし君 (きみ)に逢 (あ)はずて年 (とし)の経 (へ)ぬれば [Modern spelling]

     tsurugitachi na no oshikeku mo ware wa nashi kimi ni awazute toshi no henureba

     I do not even miss precious you, given the years that have passed without meeting with you.

     [Note: tsurugi tachi (“sword”) is a pillow word establishing a poetic association with the following na, literally meaning blade or edge and alluding to sharpness and importance. This na could also elliptically mean name (名 na) or even you (汝 na), depending on context, based on the homophonic readings.]

• 刀 (かたな) (katana)

From Middle Chinese 刃 (MC ȵiɪn^H).

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) じ​ん [jíꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩɴ]

刃 (hiragana じん, rōmaji jin)

1. a blade, a sword

• 刃 (じん)に伏 (ふ)す (jin ni fusu)
• 刃 (じん)を迎 (むか)えて解 (と)く (jin o mukaete toku): “to fall before the blade” → a metaphor for extreme strength or power

刃 • (in) (hangeul 인, revised in, McCune–Reischauer in)

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刃 (nhẫn, nhấn, nhận)

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