Meaning
knife · saber · sword
On'yomi
トウ
Kun'yomi
かたな · そり
Common compounds (16)
- 大刀 だいとうstraight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
- 刀 とうknife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
- 日本刀 にっぽんとうJapanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
- 宝刀 ほうとうtreasured sword
- 太刀打ち たちうちcrossing swords
- 刀剣 とうけんsword; dagger; knife; bayonet
- 竹刀 しないbamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick
- 木刀 きがたなwooden sword
- 単刀直入 たんとうちょくにゅうstraight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
- 小刀 しょうとう(small) knife
- 一刀両断 いっとうりょうだんcutting in two with a single stroke
- 懐刀 ふところがたなconfidant; right-hand man