刃

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See also: 刄 and 刅
刃 U+5203, 刃
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5203
← 刂
[U+5202] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 刄 →
[U+5204]
刃 U+2F81E, 刃
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F81E
← 凵
[U+2F81D] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 㓟 →
[U+2F81F]

Translingual[edit]

Japanese 刃
Simplified 刃
Traditional 刃

Alternative forms[edit]

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

Han character[edit]

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

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

Chinese[edit]

trad. 刃
simp. # 刃

Glyph origin[edit]

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
刃-oracle.svg 刃-silk.svg 刃-seal.svg 刃-bigseal.svg
Characters in the same phonetic series (刃) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
涊 *nɯːnʔ, *njɯnʔ
紉 *nɯn
忍 *njɯnʔ
荵 *njɯnʔ
刃 *njɯns
認 *njɯns, *njɯŋs
仞 *njɯns
軔 *njɯns
韌 *njɯns
肕 *njɯns
牣 *njɯns
杒 *njɯns
訒 *njɯns

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Rime
Character 刃
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 而振切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ȵiɪnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ȵinH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȵʑjenH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ȵinH/
Li
Rong 		/ȵiĕnH/
Wang
Li 		/ȵʑĭĕnH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ȵʑi̯ĕnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		rèn
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 刃
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		rèn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ nyinH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*nə[n]-s/
English edge of a blade

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 刃
Reading # 1/1
No. 10831
Phonetic
component 		刃
Rime
group 		文
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		刃
Old
Chinese 		/*njɯns/

Definitions[edit]

刃

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

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

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Kanji[edit]

刃

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Compound words that contain 刃

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term
刃
な
Grade: S
kun’yomi

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

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

刃 (hiragana な, rōmaji na)

  1. (obsolete) a blade, an edge
    • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 4, poem 616)
      劔大刀 名惜雲 吾者無 君尓不相而 年之経去礼者
      剣太刀 (つるぎたち)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
      tsurugitachi na no oshikeku mo ware wa nashi kimi ni ahazute 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.]
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
刃
は
Grade: S
kun’yomi

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

刃 (hiragana は, rōmaji ha)

  1. an edge, a blade
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Kanji in this term
刃
やいば
Grade: S
kun’yomi

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

/jaki/ + /ha/ → /jakiba/ → /jaiba/

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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
Idioms[edit]
Idioms

Etymology 4[edit]

Kanji in this term
刃
じん
Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 刃 (nyinH, “edge of a blade”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

刃 (hiragana じん, rōmaji jin)

  1. a blade, a sword
Idioms[edit]
Idioms

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

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

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

刃 (nhẫn, nhấn, nhận)

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