Word Meaning 牛刀

ぎゅうとう gyuutou

牛刀 is read as ぎゅうとう (gyuutou) and means butcher's knife.

Meaning

English

butcher's knife
chef's knife

Reading

Kana

ぎゅうとう

Romaji

gyuutou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 6 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 125104 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

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割鶏牛刀

かっけいぎゅうとう

using a meat ax when a knife would suffice

牛舎

ぎゅうしゃ

cow shed

牛製品

ぎゅうせいひん

beef products

牛にひかれて善光寺参り

うしにひかれてぜんこうじまいり

doing or receiving something good by accident or through the invitation of someone else

牛筋

ぎゅうすじ

beef sinew

刀

とう

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

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)