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Kanji Grade 2 - 刀

Kanji character Grade 2 刀. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 2 - 刀
About
sword, saber, knife
Kun: かたな、 そり
On: トウ
2 strokes
Radical: knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts: 刀
 
Onyomi
刀 【カタナ】 sword (esp. Japanese single-edged), katana, scalpel, chisel, burin, graver, knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
刀剣 【トウケン】 sword, dagger, knife, bayonet
小刀 【コガタナ】 (small) knife, short sword, small sword
太刀 【タチ】 long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai), large sword, straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier), guandao, Chinese glaive
 
Kunyomi
刀 【かたな】 sword (esp. Japanese single-edged), katana, scalpel, chisel, burin, graver, knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
刀折れ矢尽きて 【かたなおれやつきて】 having exhausted every available means, having broken one's sword and exhausted one's arrows
一刀 【いっとう】 sword, blade, single stroke
返す刀 【かえすかたな】 attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another
剃刀 【かみそり】 razor
オッカムの剃刀 【オッカムのかみそり】 Occam's razor, Ockham's razor