The Radical: 刀


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Meaning
sword    刀

Explanation

Used in these Kanji:
JLPT 4Joyo 2
cut
kiru, SETSU, SAI
Left: seven , right: sword
Seven swords cut.

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JLPT 3Joyo 2
sword
katana,

Image of a sword

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JLPT 5Joyo 2
share, divide, minute, understand
wakaru, BUN, FUN, BU
Top: eight , below: sword
Eight swords to divide the time into minutes and to understand.

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JLPT 3Joyo 4
first, new, beginning
hatsu, hajime, SHO
Left: clothes , right: sword
He wears these clothes and a sword for the first time.

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JLPT 3Joyo 4
environs, vicinity, neighborhood
atari, be, HEN
Left: movement , right: sword
What the movement of a sword can reach, is in the environs.

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JLPT 2Joyo 5
explanation, untie, unravel, solution
toku, KAI, GE
Left: corner, horn , right: sword and cow
A horn was cut by a sword from the cow: Do you have an explanation?

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JLPT 2Joyo 5
ticket, coupon, pass, token
KEN
At top the guard person known from: barrier, checkpoint (= person with raised arms and two barrier bars ), below: sword
The border guard has a sword to cut your ticket.

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JLPT 1Joyo 7
kidnap, deceive, abduct
KAI
Left: hand , right: mouth , sword (cf. invite )
I feel a hand on my mouth and a sword: I am being kidnapped!

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JLPT 2Joyo 7
consume, eat&drink, receive, ingest
KITSU
Left: mouth , right: pledge, promise (tally stick , [pairwise marked sticks were distributed at the conclusion and joined again after implementation of an agreement] - Cut into a tally stick with a sword in big letters: the pledge)
The mouth promises to eat and drink.

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JLPT 1Joyo 7
pledge, promise, vow
chigiru, KEI
Top: tally stick , (pairwise marked sticks were distributed at the conclusion and joined again after implementation of an agreement), sword , below: big
Cut into a tally stick with a sword in big letters: a pledge.

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JLPT 2Joyo 7
summon, call someone (respectfully), to send for
mesu, SHŌ
Top: sword , below: mouth
Use sword and mouth to summon / call together.

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JLPT 1Joyo 7
blade, sword, edge
ha, yaiba, JIN
Sword with a emphasis
The emphasis at the sword marks its blade.

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JLPT 1Joyo 7
to steal, stealth, secret, hushed
nusumu, hisoka, SETSU
Top: hole, cavity (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave.), below: cut (with seven swords )
The hole was cut for stealing.

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JLPT -Joyo 7
what
NA
Left: sword with two marks , right: village [The character: blade is a sword with a mark ]
A double-edged sword in the village: what's that?

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