包丁

Japanese

Kanji in this term
包	丁
ほう Grade: 4	ちょう Grade: 3
kan’on	goon

Alternative spelling
庖丁

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 庖丁 (páodīng, “cook”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ho̞ːt͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

包(ほう)丁(ちょう) • (hōchō) 

1. kitchen knife, cooking knife, cleaver

包丁

See also

• 刃物(はもの) (hamono, “knife”)
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References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.