刀 sword

Meaning	sword; saber; knife
On	トウ
Kun	かたな、そり
Strokes	2
First met	N3 lesson 49, in 剃刀

Stroke order

Words

Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
剃刀	かみそり	straight razor	N3
彫刻刀	ちょうこくとう	engraving chisel	N3
刀身	とうしん	blade body, knife steel	N1
刀礼	とうれい	formal bow of reverence to the steel blade	N1
銘刀授与	めいとうじゅよ	formal bestowal of a mastercrafted blade	N1

Examples

仰(おっしゃ)る通(とお)りです。門弟(もんてい)たちに対(たい)し、研(と)ぎ澄(す)まされた刀身(とうしん)に浮(う)かぶ白銀(はくぎん)の刃文(はもん)を見(み)つめさせ、日々(ひび)の精進(しょうじん)が己(おのれ)の刃(は)にそのまま現(あらわ)れるという真理(しんり)を厳(きび)しく叩(たた)き込(こ)みます。

Just as you say. I will make the disciples gaze at the silver temper line on a whetted blade, and drill into them hard the truth that daily devotion shows exactly in one's own edge. (N1 lesson 151)