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

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 刃
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
edge of blade | ||
knife blade | ||
handling a butcher's cleaver with ease (idiom); to do sth skillfully and easily | ||
fig. easily solved | ||
sharp blade |
Component uses
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。” |
Sources
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