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刃
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

blade

HSK 10 N1
Human →Body
rèn
ジン、ニン
は、やいば、き.る
인
Pictograph of a knife. Similar to 刀 (knife), with an added dot marking where the blade is.
Components
刀 sword+ ◎ characterless component =
刃 blade
刀 Iconic component
dāo sword
knife
◎ Iconic component
characterless component
Depicts where the knife blade is.
Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
刃
Regular
Modern
Chinese
刃 [rèn]
edge of blade
Japanese
刃 やいば 同音

noun

  1. blade; sword
  2. forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades
  3. sharpness
  4. rare unhulled rice
刃 は 同音

noun

  1. edge (of a knife or sword); blade
  2. prong (of an electrical plug)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
彼女はいつも人に対してやいばをといでいます。
She always has some axe to grind.
私のナイフの刃は、とても鋭い。
My knife has such a fine edge.
Japanese Names
刃 じん
Jin unclassified name
刃 じんじ
Jinji unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (19)
刀刃 [dāo​rèn] #14,825
knife blade
游刃有余 [yóu​rèn​yǒu​yú] #22,923
handling a butcher's cleaver with ease (idiom); to do sth skillfully and easily
游刃有余 [yóu​rèn​yǒu​yú] #22,923
handling a butcher's cleaver with ease (idiom); to do sth skillfully and easily
迎刃而解 [yíng​rèn​'ér​jiě] #22,405
lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom)
利刃 [lì​rèn] #22,011
sharp blade
兵刃 [bīng​rèn] #19,519
(bladed) weapons
双刃剑 [shuāng​rèn​jiàn] #39,956
double-edged sword (lit. and fig.)
双刃剑 [shuāng​rèn​jiàn] #39,956
double-edged sword (lit. and fig.)
兵不血刃 [bīng​bù​xuè​rèn] #43,043
lit. no blood on the men's swords (idiom); fig. an effortless victory
白刃 [bái​rèn] #45,403
naked sword
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JAPANESE WORDS (52)
⭐ 刃物 [はもの] #5,573
edged tool
⭐ 鋼 [はがね] #8,343
steel
⭐ 刃先 [はさき] #20,880
edge of blade
白刃 [はくじん] #21,669
drawn sword
⭐ 歯向かう [はむかう] #22,237
to strike back at
付け焼刃 [つけやきば] #32,987
affectation
刃こぼれ [はこぼれ] #33,850
nick in a blade (sword, knife)
⭐ 刃渡り [はわたり] #34,271
length of a blade
諸刃の剣 [もろはのつるぎ] #34,653
double-edged sword
凶刃 [きょうじん] #36,747
assassin's dagger
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