刃

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Derived terms 3.3 Kanji 3.3.1 Readings 3.4 References 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds 6 Middle Chinese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

刃 (radical 18 刀+1, 3 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹戈 (SHI), four-corner 1742₀)

1. edged tool, cutlery, blade, knife edge

[edit] References

• 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

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

刃 (Yale yan6)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Etymology

From Korean nal (“‘blade’”).

[edit] Noun

刃 (hiragana な, romaji na)

1. blade
   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 4, poem #616)

   剣大刀 名惜雲 吾者無 君尓不相而 年之経去礼者

   [Note: tsurugi tachi "swords" is a pillow word establishing a poetic association with the following na which simultaneously means both "name" and "blade", both of which share the same pronunciation.]

[edit] Derived terms

• 刀 (katana)

[edit] Kanji

刃 (common kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: じん (jin)
• Kun: は (ha), やいば (yaiba), きる (kiru)

[edit] References

• Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, Yoshiyuki Yamazaki [c. 759] (1999). Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 1: Man'yōshū 1 (in Japanese). Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten. ISBN 4-00-240001-8.

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

刃 (hangeul 인, revised in, McCune-Reischauer in)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

刃 (pinyin rèn (ren4), Wade-Giles jen⁴)

[edit] Compounds

• 刃角

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[edit] Middle Chinese

[edit] Han character

刃 (njìn)