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Radical “knife”

2 strokes

Meaning

knife

Japanese name
かたな
Strokes
2 strokes
Position in a kanji
Standalone or varies
Radical no.
18

Variant forms

Inside a kanji, this radical is often written in these forms.

  • 2 strokes

    刂 · りっとう

    Right side (tsukuri)

Kanji containing this radical

Includes the 33 kanji filed under this radical in dictionaries, plus others that contain it as a component.

More kanji with this radical

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  • 剃shave
  • 剥come off
  • 劃divide
  • 刄blade
  • 刋cut
  • 刎decapitate
  • 刔scoop out
  • 刧threat
  • 刪cut down
  • 刮scrape off
  • 刳clear
  • 剄beheading
  • 剋victory
  • 剌opposed
  • 剏begin
  • 剔cutting
  • 剞carve
  • 剪clip
  • 剱sword
  • 剳sickle
  • 剴scythe
  • 剽threat
  • 剿destroy
  • 劈break
  • 劑medicine
  • 劒sword
  • 劔sword