Word Meaning 刀剣

とうけん touken

刀剣 is read as とうけん (touken) and means sword.

Meaning

English

sword
dagger
knife
bayonet

Reading

Kana

とうけん

Romaji

touken

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 10561 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

刀剣商

とうけんしょう

sword dealer

銃砲刀剣類所持等取締法

じゅうほうとうけんるいしょじとうとりしまりほう

Act for Controlling the Possession of Firearms or Swords and Other Such Weapons

刀

とう

knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

刀の手前

かたなのてまえ

samurai's face

剣

けん

bayonet

真剣

しんけん

real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)

銃剣

じゅうけん

bayonet

活人剣

かつじんけん

life-saving sword (a killing sword may be a sword of life depending on how it is used)

木刀

ぼくとう

wooden sword

日本刀

にほんとう

Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved)

大刀

たち

straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

小刀

こがたな

(small) knife