刀剣

刀剣

Japanese

Kanji in this term
刀	剣
とう Grade: 2	けん Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) とーけん [tòókéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [to̞ːkẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

刀剣 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 刀劍, hiragana とうけん, rōmaji tōken)

1. sword
2. dagger

Synonyms

• 刀 (かたな) (katana)
• 剣 (けん) (ken)

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.