刃

See also 刄

Translingual

shinjitai	刃
simplified	刃
traditional	刃

Alternative forms

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

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

Derived characters

• 忍

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

刃 (Yale yan6)

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Japanese

Etymology

From Korean nal (“blade”).

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.]

Derived terms

• 刀 (katana)

Kanji

刃 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

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

References

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

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

Compounds

• 刃角

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Middle Chinese

Han character

刃 (njìn)

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Vietnamese

Han character

刃 (nhận, nhẫn, nhấn)