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刃

rèn

knife edge

Pictograph of a knife. Similar to 刀 (knife), with an added dot marking where the blade is.

Components
刀 iconic component

刀  Iconic component

dāo

  

knife

◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts where the knife blade is.

Evolution

刃 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
刃 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
刃 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
刃 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

刃  

rèn

edged tool, cutlery, knife edge; edge of blade

Most common words with 刃
Freq.
Word
Meaning

刃

edge of blade

刀刃

knife blade

游刃有余

handling a butcher's cleaver with ease (idiom); to do sth skillfully and easily

迎刃而解

fig. easily solved

利刃

sharp blade

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

紉 纫

Sound component in 8 characters (1 verified)

忍 韧 韌 紉 纫 仞 軔 轫

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*nə[n]-s

nyinH

rèn

edge of a blade


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 3.1235% of movies

2737th most common character in movies

2700th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

3

Unicode

U+5203

Shuowen

“刃，刀堅也。象刀有刃之形。”


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