刃 blade

Meaning	blade; sword; edge
On	ジン、ニン
Kun	は、やいば、き.る
Strokes	3
First met	N4 lesson 22, in 刃

Stroke order

Words

Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
刃	は	blade, cutting edge	N4
刃物	はもの	edged blade, knife	N3
壺刃	つぼば	ink fountain blade	N3
鋸刃	のこば	saw blade	N3
突出し刃	つだしば	tucker blade (of a folder)	N3
両刃の剣	もろはのつるぎ	double-edged sword	N1
刃文	はもん	blade temper line, steel pattern	N1
単刃	たんば	single-bevel edge, kataba	N1
切刃	きりは	primary blade bevel	N1
鉋刃	かんなば	plane blade, steel cutting iron	N1
刃響き	はひびき	rhythmic blade vibration against cutting block	N1
刃先	はさき	cutting edge, apex	N1
柳刃包丁	やなぎばぼうちょう	willow-leaf slicing knife	N1
刃筋	はすじ	knife cutting line, blade path	N1
刃返り	はがえり	microscopic steel burr along the edge	N1
刃音	はおと	rhythmic, solemn slice of blade against cutting board	N1
刃持ち	はもち	retention of sharpened edge over prolonged service	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)

慎二(しんじ)、お前(まえ)が研(と)ぎ上(あ)げたその柳刃(やなぎば)包丁(ほうちょう)を見(み)せてみろ。……ふむ、刃先(はさき)は整(ととの)っているが、鎬筋(しのぎすじ)から切刃(きりは)にかけての肉(にく)抜(ぬ)きがまだ甘(あま)い。これでは魚(さかな)の身(み)に余分(よぶん)な摩擦(まさつ)がかかってしまうぞ。

Shinji, show me the yanagiba you've sharpened. ...Hm, the tip is true, but the thinning from the ridge line to the bevel is still too timid. That will drag extra friction through the fish's flesh. (N1 lesson 152)