包丁

包丁

Japanese

Kanji in this term
包	丁
ほう Grade: 4	ちょう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative forms

• 庖丁

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 庖丁 (“cook”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ho̞ːt͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

包丁 (hiragana ほうちょう, rōmaji hōchō)

1. kitchen knife, cooking knife, cleaver

包丁

See also

• 刃物 (はもの) (hamono, “knife”)

References

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