Entry
  1. Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    double-edged (e.g. sword blade); double-beveled (e.g. kitchen knife)

  2. Noun

    double-edged blade

Also written もろ刃【もろは】両刃【もろは】双刃【もろは】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

various, many, several, together

Kun
もろ
On
ショ
Strokes
15
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N2
Frequency
658 of 2500
Radical
speech
WaniKani
Level 33

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-7-8SKIP code
7a8.3The Kanji Dictionary
0466.0Four corner code
3078deroo
8af8Unicode hex code
1-29-84JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4393Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5648New Nelson (John Haig)
1577New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1984Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1061Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1427Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1261Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1351Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
602A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2329Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
617Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35691PMorohashi
898A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
861Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
880Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
812sakade
909Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
909henshall3
985Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
272crowley
1032Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1694Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1269Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhu1Pinyin reading
jeKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
33WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

blade, sword, edge

Kun
やいばき.る
On
ジンニン
Strokes
3
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1763 of 2500
Radical
knife
WaniKani
Level 44

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
3-1-2, 4-3-1SKIP code
0a3.22The Kanji Dictionary
1742.0, 1732.0Four corner code
3545deroo
5203Unicode hex code
1-31-47JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
152Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
449New Nelson (John Haig)
2929New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3646Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1860Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2537Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
84Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
88Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1526A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1107Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1850Morohashi
1446A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1413Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1502Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1089Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1014Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1774Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
178Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
85Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ren4Pinyin reading
inKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
44WaniKani level