日本刀

Traditional form:

日本刀

Pinyin (reading):

Rìběndāo

Definitions:

• Japanese sword
• katana

Characters:

• 日 - sun; day; daytime
• 本 - root, origin, source; basis
• 刀 - knife; old coin; measure

Traditional characters:

• 日 - sun; day; daytime
• 本 - root, origin, source; basis
• 刀 - knife; old coin; measure