刃(rèn)

3 strokes

edge of blade

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Character information

Pinyin
rèn
Meaning
edge of blade
Strokes
3
HSK level
—
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 刃 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿹刀丶

A knife 刀 sharp enough to draw blood 丶

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

刀dāo丶zhǔ

Parts are arranged enclosing from the upper right.

How to write 刃 step by step

3 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

Words with 刃

Common words using 刃 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

bīng兵rèn刃

(bladed) weapons

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dāo刀rèn刃

knife blade; crucial point

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rèn刃jù具

cutting tool

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bīng兵bù不xuè血rèn刃

lit. no blood on the men's swords (idiom); fig. an effortless victory

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lì利rèn刃

sharp blade

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yíng迎rèn刃ér而jiě解

lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom)

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yóu游rèn刃yǒu有yú余

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

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shuāng双rèn刃

double-edged blade

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Related characters

From 刃’s common words

兵刀具不血利迎而

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