Entry
  1. Noun

    sharp sword; keen blade

    Formal or literary term

  2. Buddha's wisdom (which destroys worldly desires and evil spirits); sharp sword of wisdom

    Buddhism

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

profit, advantage, benefit

Kun
き.く
On
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
203 of 2500
Radical
knife
WaniKani
Level 11

Built from

Used in names as

かがとしのりりい

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-5-2SKIP code
5d2.1The Kanji Dictionary
2290.0Four corner code
2243deroo
5229Unicode hex code
1-45-88JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3264Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
466New Nelson (John Haig)
1114New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1431Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
757Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1029Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
906Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
972Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
219A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
436Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
200Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1932Morohashi
596A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
329Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
329Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
528sakade
355Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
626henshall3
491Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
180crowley
248Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.19busy_people
189Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
915Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
li4Pinyin reading
riKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
11WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

sabre, sword, blade, clock hand

Kun
つるぎ
On
ケン
Strokes
10
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1305 of 2500
Radical
knife
WaniKani
Level 35

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-8-2SKIP code
2f8.5The Kanji Dictionary
8250.0Four corner code
2843deroo
5263Unicode hex code
1-23-85JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
696Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
498New Nelson (John Haig)
1672New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2104Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1096Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1493Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1671Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1801Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1248A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1151Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1436Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2076Morohashi
1214A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
879Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
900Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1095Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1310Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
791Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
198Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1687Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jian4Pinyin reading
geomKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
35WaniKani level