Word Meaning 大刀
だいとう
daitou
大刀 is read as だいとう (daitou) and means straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier).
Meaning
English
- straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
- guandao
- Chinese glaive
- long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai)
- large sword
Reading
Kana
だいとう
Romaji
daitou