刃
edge of blade
3 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,661 U+5203
How 刃 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A knife 刀 sharp enough to draw blood 丶
How to remember it
blade · Heisig RSH #84
dagger + a drop of
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 刃 as their sound component
These characters all use 刃 (rèn) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刃 sound component | rèn | edged tool, cutlery, knife edge |
| 韧 | rèn | tough, strong; pliable |
| 仞 | rèn | ancient unit of measure (about 8 feet); a fathom |
| 轫 | rèn | brake |
Words containing 刃
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 兵不血刃 | bīng bù xuè rèn | lit. no blood on the men's swords (idiom); fig. an effortless victory |
| 游刃有余 | yóu rèn yǒu yú | handling a butcher's cleaver with ease (idiom); to do sth skillfully and easily |
| 白刃战 | bái rèn zhàn | hand-to-hand fighting |
| 两面刃 | liǎng miàn rèn | double-edged sword |
| 迎刃而解 | yíng rèn ér jiě | lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom); fig. easily solved |
| 白刃 | bái rèn | naked sword |
| 手刃 | shǒu rèn | to kill with one's own hand |
| 利刃 | lì rèn | sharp blade |
| 开刃 | kāi rèn | to edge a knife, scissor, sword etc |
| 双刃剑 | shuāng rèn jiàn | double-edged sword (lit. and fig.) |
| 血刃 | xuè rèn | bloodshed |
| 双刃 | shuāng rèn | double-edged blade |
| 兵刃 | bīng rèn | (bladed) weapons |
| 刀刃 | dāo rèn | knife blade; crucial point |
| 卷刃 | juǎn rèn | curved blade |
| 刃具 | rèn jù | cutting tool |