打刀

Japanese

Kanji in this term
打	刀
う(ち) Grade: 3	かたな > がたな Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Noun

打(うち)刀(がたな) • (uchigatana) 

1. (weaponry) uchigatana: a Japanese samurai sword, a descendant of the tachi.

Further reading

• 打刀 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Uchigatana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia