Word Meaning 卍刀

まんとう mantou

卍刀 is read as まんとう (mantou) and means ninja weapon disguised as a pair of garden shears.

Meaning

English

ninja weapon disguised as a pair of garden shears

Reading

Kana

まんとう

Romaji

mantou

Writing Variants

萬刀まんとう mantou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 8 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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刀

とう

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

剃刀

そり

razor

大刀

たち

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

木刀

ぼくた

wooden sword

日本刀

にほんとう

Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved)

小刀

こがたな

(small) knife

一刀

いっとう

single stroke

竹刀

しない

bamboo sword (for kendo)

短刀

たんとう

short sword

宝刀

ほうとう

treasured sword

懐刀

ふところがたな

confidant

執刀

しっとう

performing a surgical operation